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Negro League

Uni Bracket - Play In

This week’s Spotlight is a celebration of the opening of another incredible Baseball season. We are also going to pay tribute to another great tradition of March Madness and do a bracket for the be...
WHM - Owners - Women in Charge
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WHM - Owners - Women in Charge

The Negro Leagues broke barriers in many ways, but perhaps no greater contribution that putting Women in charge. This Women't History Month we celebrate the Women owners of the Negro Leagues. ...
WHM - Peanut Johnson and Connie Morgan
Negro League

WHM - Peanut Johnson and Connie Morgan

Women's History Month celebrates the women who came after Toni Stone - Mamie "Peanut" Johnson and Connie Morgan.     Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro L...
WHM - Doris Jackson & Deseria Robinson - Understudy to History
Negro League

WHM - Doris Jackson & Deseria Robinson - Understudy to History

Some members of history are forgotten because they didn't get their time at bat, but Doris Jackson and Deseria Robinson were almost famous as understudies to Baseball's first female player Toni Sto...
Toni Stone - Negro Leagues First Female Player
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Toni Stone - Negro Leagues First Female Player

This week as part of Women's History Month, we introduce you to some amazing women - today Toni Stone, the Negro Leagues first female player.   It was 1953, and many of the stars of the Negro L...
BHM - Rachel Robinson - Without Rachel, would there have been a Jackie?
BHM

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

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

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...
BHM - Bob Kendrick - Keeper of the Flame
BHM

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.  ...