October 6 in Ohio History: Jack Trice's Note From the Night Before | On This Day in Ohio

On October 6, 1923, Jack Trice of Hiram, Ohio, Iowa State's first Black athlete, hurt his shoulder early in a game at Minnesota and refused to come out. The night before, shut out of his team's hotel dining room, he had written himself a note, and his school read it aloud at his funeral.

Also on October 6: Frances Dana Gage opens the 1853 national women's rights convention in Cleveland "with fear and trembling," Cincinnati picks beer over the National League, and one disputed call costs Bob Feller a World Series win.

Chapters:
0:00 Cold open
0:51 Fear and trembling
1:47 A city says no
2:42 One call
3:55 The note

Photos: Library of Congress, Chicago Tribune (1923) and Wikimedia Commons (public domain and Creative Commons; individual credits appear on screen).
Maps: U.S. Census Bureau and Natural Earth.
Music: "Beautiful Ohio" (1918), public-domain recordings via the Library of Congress National Jukebox and UCSB Cylinder Archive.