Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891. It was called Boundary Field or National Park, as its occupants were then known primarily by the nickname "Nationals." This park was destroyed by a fire in March 1911, and replaced by a steel and concrete structure, also at first called National Park; it was renamed for Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1920. The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960, and to an expansion team of the same name for their first season in 1961. The venue hosted the 1937 and 1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Games. It served as a part-time home for the Negro League team called the Homestead Grays during the 1930s and 1940s. It was also home to the Washington Redskins of the National Football League for 24 seasons, from the time they transferred from Boston in 1937 through the 1960 season.

Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds. He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007.

Bonds' accomplishments during his baseball career place him among the greatest baseball players of all-time. He has a record-setting seven Most Valuable Player awards, including a record-setting four consecutive MVPs. He is a 14-time All-Star and 8-time Gold Glove-winner. He holds numerous Major League Baseball records, including the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762 and the single-season Major League record for home runs with 73 (set in 2001), and is also the all-time career leader in both walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688).

Bonds has led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. In 2007, he was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying to the grand jury during the government's investigation of BALCO, by testifying that he never knowingly took any illegal steroids. The trial began March 21, 2011; he was convicted on April 13, 2011 on the obstruction of justice charge.

Kadir Nelson is an award-winning African American artist, illustrator and author. His work is focused on African American culture and history.

Nelson was born in Washington D.C., attended Crawford High School in San Diego, California, and graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

Nelson has done illustration work for Sports Illustrated, Coca-Cola,The New York Times, Major League Baseball, and the United States Postal Service, among others.

Nelson has had exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and the world, including the Museum of Tolerance and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences^{[citation needed]} in Los Angeles, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History^{[citation needed]} in Detroit, the Anacostia Museum^{[citation needed]} in Washington, D.C., the Society of Illustrators and the Studio Museum in Harlem^{[citation needed]} in New York, the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery^{[citation needed]} in Bristol, England, The Yokohama Citizens’ Gallery^{[citation needed]} in Yokohama, Japan and the Tijuana Cultural Center^{[citation needed]} in Tijuana, Mexico.