May 18, 2013

Santana Uses Civil Rights B’Ball Game to Bash New State Immigration Laws

L-R) Hall of Fame shortstop Ernie Banks, musician Carlos Santana and actor Morgan Freeman acknowledge the crowd after receiving the MLB Beacon Awards prior to the Civil Rights game between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies at Turner Field on May 15, 2011 in Atlanta.

*Carlos Santana on Sunday used baseball’s annual Civil Rights Game as a platform to rebuke Georgia and Arizona for their new immigration laws. Santana received the Beacon of Change Award before the Braves-Phillies game. The Grammy-winning musician said he was representing immigrants before adding: “The people of Arizona, and the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you [...]