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Empire  Monrovians v. Klan Lodge #6  In June 1925, a black
exhibition team called the Monrovians was able to schedule a
baseball game versus the Lodge #6 of the Ku Klux Klan. The
announcement of the game was printed in the Wichita Beacon
newspaper.  Even during the time that the Negro Leagues were
formed, there were a number of "semi-professional" and community
teams playing baseball all around the country. The Monrovians
would have been among those lesser-known teams playing in
southwestern Kansas and could have traveled to many places in
the region. It was not uncommon for these teams to play against
teams with white players and in majority white communities. How
they may have been received in these towns varied from town to
town. It is argued that Wichita was a rather "opened minded"
community on race issues.  Still, it would seem very unusual for
the team to play against the infamou