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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023 - FEBRUARY 13TH - NEGRO LEAGUES ARE BORN
February 13, 1920, Andrew “Rube” Foster and his fellow team owners created the Negro National League.
Black players like Moses Fleetwood Walker, Bud Fowler and Frank Grant had played previousl...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023 - HANK AARON
Black History Month 2023 celebrates the great Hank Aaron, who for three magical months was a part of the Negro Leagues.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023 - FATHER OF NEGRO BASEBALL - RUBE FOSTER
Black History Month 2023 celebrates the "Father of Negro Baseball", Rube Foster.
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Meet Rube Foster - Father of Negro Baseball
January 2022 signaled the introduction of the US Mints Commemorative Coin Program to benefit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and who better to include than Rube Foster, the Father of Negro Bas...
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BHM - Rachel Robinson - Without Rachel, would there have been a Jackie?
As we straddle Black History Month and Women's History Month, is there a better way to celebrate than honoring the timeless Rachel Robinson. Without Rachel, would there have been a Jackie?
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BHM - Charley Pride - Hall of Famer
Charley Pride was a Hall of Famer, but if you had asked him early in his life, he would have told you he thought it would have been the Baseball Hall of Fame and not the Country Music Hall of Fam...
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BHM - Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Footsteps of History
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is dedicated to not only preserving the legacy of the Negro Leagues, but also chronicling the civil rights contributions of the league, its players and their foo...
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BHM - Bob Kendrick - Keeper of the Flame
When Bob Kendrick was named President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in 2011, he was entrusted with the stories and history of the Negro Leagues - he was the Keeper of the Flame.
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BHM - Greatest Negro League Team - '35 Pittsburgh Crawfords
While many debate the greatest Negro League player of all time, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson or Oscar Charleston, it has become less of a debate on the greatest team of all time. That honor has been ...