Talk:Lester Rodney

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What specifically is wrong with this article? It is documented and verifiable.

I wrote this entry with the help of Lester Rodney himself. I spent 2 years researching Lester and the Daily/Sunday Worker for my master's thesis, and have done subsequent research on the topic, including many conversations with Lester and his late wife, Clare. If there is something more that the moderators would like to see, please give me some explicit directions and I will see what I can do. I have not only read everything there is published about Lester, I have his ear, so to speak - I am able to call him or email him whenever I want, so he and I can work on whatever will make this article better. I am committed to making the world knowledgeable about Lester Rodney and his contribution to the desegregation of major league baseball, so whatever Wikipedia wants, I will do that. And given the recent controversy concerning credentials, my master's thesis is in the library at Clemson University and is easily findable in the Library of Congress online catalog. I also have other publications concerning Lester Rodney and the Daily/Sunday Worker I can cite for you if you want, including publications with Chris Lamb, professor of Communications at the College of Charleston, with whom we compare the Communist newspaper coverage of baseball with the black news coverage. So whatever will get this "starter" tag changed, I will do it, just let me know. I have had a Wikipedia account for a while, so email me or leave a comment here, I check this page every so often for comments. This is the only entry I have on here, so I need a little help in doing things like this. Kelly E. Rusinack Kelelain 16:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)