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James Holaday

Instructor of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
1 Brodie Gym Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Instructor of Thompson Writing Program · 2023 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Scholarly Works


We Would Have Played Forever A History of the Coastal Plain Baseball League, Revised Edition

Book · January 24, 2025 This book explores the history of the league from its inception in 1934 as a semi-pro league for college players to its entry into professional baseball in 1937. ... Cite

Cracks in the Outfield Wall The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas

Book · April 16, 2024 Chris Holaday offers readers the first book-length history of baseball's integration in the Carolinas, showing its slow and unsteady progress, narrating the experience of players in a range of distinct communities, detailing the influence ... ... Cite

Cracks in the Outfield Wall: The Slow Process of Professional Baseball Integration, North Carolina, 1951

Journal article The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians Cite
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Education


North Carolina Central University · 2019 M.A.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2014 B.A.

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