Add to ORKGLast week, the Commissioner of Baseball announced that from this point on the Negro Leagues that were operating between 1920 and 1948 would be “elevated” to “Major League status” by Major League Baseball. He added that “MLB is proud to highlight the contributions of the pioneers who played from 1920-1948.” The action was presented as a culmination of the centennial celebration of the founding of the Negro Leagues in 1920. The statistics from those leagues now become a part of the official records
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Baseball has been in San Antonio since the 19th century, with the San Antonio Bronchos being the fir...
Thirty years ago only baseball aficionados and some African Americans were very familiar with the ex...
The major and minor leagues excluded black baseball players for most of their history until Jackie R...
Last week, the Commissioner of Baseball announced that from this point on the Negro Leagues that wer...
Studies of Negro Leagues baseball from 1920 through the 1950s address various aspects of the organiz...
When Americans discuss the history of baseball, names like Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Connie Ma...
Two sparsely reported and remarkable events from Sportsworld in the past week caught my eye and have...
In the 1870s and early 1880s, almost seventy African American men played for white owned ball clubs....
Sixty years ago baseball was a major business and cultural force for African Americans. But the end ...
This article argues that the demise of the Negro Leagues was caused by the confluence of several fac...
As it colored other aspects of American life before the Civil Rights Movement, segregation was an el...
It has been the year to remember the achievements of Jackie Robinson both in and outside of baseball...
On March 17,1946 the Montreal Royals played the Brooklyn Dodgers in a spring training game in Dayton...
Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Stamp – 44-cent Commemorative Stamps, sheet of 20 stamps, biogr...
Little League Baseball, Inc. calls them the most significant amateur team in baseball history. \u27...
Baseball has been in San Antonio since the 19th century, with the San Antonio Bronchos being the fir...
Thirty years ago only baseball aficionados and some African Americans were very familiar with the ex...
The major and minor leagues excluded black baseball players for most of their history until Jackie R...