Richard W. Kent was an American businessman and baseball team proprietor based in
St. Louis
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,
Missouri
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. He owned the Calumet Cab Company and was reportedly involved in numbers running.
Together with Samuel Shepard and another business partner, Kent acquired the
St. Louis Giants, building a stadium for the team. They later rebranded the team as the St. Louis Stars.
Kent also served as a director of the
Negro National League (NNL), a key institution in African-American baseball history.
Silas E. Garner, a notable lawyer, provided legal services for the Calumet Cab Company.
See also
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Calumet City
Calumet City ( ) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 36,033 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
History
Calumet City (commonly referred to locally as "Cal City") was founded in 1893 ...
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Businesspeople from Missouri
Negro league baseball executives
African-American businesspeople
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20th-century American businesspeople