# @gowoodducks on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C32u0UCI8Le
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11321205-gowoodducks-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-27T15:00:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Down East Wood Ducks (@GoWoodDucks) — https://gondola.cc/GoWoodDucks

## Caption

K-TOWN LEGEND Carl Long along w/ Frank Washington broke the color barrier for the Carolina League Kinston Eagles (1955). Long made his Pro Negro League debut w/ the Birmingham Black Barons (1952). Long holds the single season RBI record for any Kinston player, w/ 111 (1956). He was a Negro League All-Star (1953), & a Carolina League All-Star (1956) before retiring in Kinston. He was inducted into the Kinston Pro Baseball HOF (2003) & the Lenoir County Sports HOF. ⚾⚾ He continued to break the color barrier by becoming Kinston's first black bus driver, Lenoir County's first black deputy & black detective within the Sheriff's Dept. 🚌🚓 We will be having Carl Long day on May 9th to celebrate the K-Town Legend! #Kinston #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #blackhistory

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bhm, kinston, blackhistorymonth, blackhistory

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