Black Diamond - Black Gold : WestBow Press : 9798385002696 : 27 Sep 2023 : The Danville Lady Tomahawks was one of the first all-African American women's fastpitch softball teams, founded in the late 1960s in Danville, Illinois. The founder of this organization was Wilbur Adkisson, a professional baseball player, who played in the Negro Baseball League out of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1976, these ladies went from fastpitch to slow pitch and quickly became a traveling team in Illinois, Indiana, and even Tennessee. The Danville Lady Tomahawks were a strong force to be reckoned with, thriving as a team until the late 1990s. Over the course of all those years, Adkisson gave young African American women the opportunity to become involved in sports in their community for the first time in their lives. Black Diamond - Black Gold examines the early struggles of being an all-African American women's softball team during an era when racism was still rampant. It highlights the women's fortitude,