The Story of Yvonne Barnes
and The Motown Records Bowlerettes
At the volatile dawn of integration, Yvonne Barnes, a young apolitical African-American woman, finds herself at the forefront of the racial battle for justice by establishing the nation’s first African-American professional women’s bowling team that became back-to-back champions defeating the best white pro teams in the nation.
Y. Barnes • D. Brown • M. Lewis • L Brown • F. Chandler • M. Kilgore
Click the icon and watch the official trailer of R. Ray Barnes’ new book, Queen Pin – The Story of Yvonne Barnes and The Motown Records Bowlerettes. Find out what the author talks about and why this is one of the books of the ages.
Ray is the author of the book Queen Pin – The Story of Yvonne Barnes and The Motown Records Bowlerettes (available on Amazon), and a series of upcoming books of poetic writings titled, The Art of Poetry, Go Sit in A Corner and Think, and One: An Easy Guide to Understanding God, Spirit & Love. Also, he is an actor appearing and featured in several TV Commercials, Movies, and TV shows. Ray has been a music producer and songwriter for over 35 years. Along with his partner, 3-time Grammy Award winner, Tony Coleman, they have written for, worked with, and produced celebrated music legends The Pointer Sisters, Lee Greenwood, Rita Coolidge, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, James Ingram, Cuba Godding and The Main Ingredient, Shalamar, Lakeside, Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge, Brian Holland of Holland, Dozier, Holland and many others.
Queen Pin – The Story of Yvonne Barnes and The Motown Records Bowlerettes is a fascinating historical narrative of Yvonne Barnes, called the “Rosa Parks” of Bowling. Readers will learn how she broke the color line in bowling and put together the first all-black team of professional women bowlers who beat the best white female bowlers in the nation. They will also know how she formed the largest youth league in the United States and why her team was sponsored by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Jr. The women of the Motown Records Bowlerettes join a list of great African American women who were the first in sports, like Althea Gibson, in tennis, Wilma Rudolph, in track and field and Gabby Douglas in gymnastics, to name a few.
Ebonettes Major Classic League, Detroit, MI – Circa 1960
Yvonne, middle row, far left.
The official trailer for Kevin Richards’ debut book is here to tell you all about it. Watch the video to know more about the gist of the self-help book for all ages. If there is a book that will be educational and interesting, this is the one to read.
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