Rickwood Field is the oldest baseball field in the US.
It's also where comedian Roy Wood junior spent a lot of time growing up.
Racism was around, but his baseball field somehow was a separate oasis from all.
Of that for blacks and whites, baseball Birmingham and racing America on the latest episode of the Sunday Story from NPR's up first podcast.
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Today we're going to talk about one of the classic forms of exercise, running.
And it's a classic for a reason, right?
It gets you from point a to point b.
You don't need equipment to do it.
You don't need a gym membership.
And it's one of these exercises that just provides you with so many cardiovascular benefits.