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BHM - “Candy Jim” Taylor - Negro Leagues Top Manager
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BHM - “Candy Jim” Taylor - Negro Leagues Top Manager

James Allen “Candy Jim” Taylor won more than twice as many games as any other manager in the history of the Negro Leagues. Also winning three National Negro League titles and two Negro League World...
BHM - Octavius Catto & Philadelphia Pythians
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BHM - Octavius Catto & Philadelphia Pythians

Prior to the Civil War, baseball was restricted to cities in the Northeast and Midwest US. However, during the War, teams of soldiers would play baseball games.    Company H, 48th NY Regiment, pos...
BHM - Romare Bearden in Black & White
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BHM - Romare Bearden in Black & White

"What you start out as isn't always what you become." The lesson taught in "Colin in Black & White" the Colin Kaepernick movie which debuted on Netflix. The story Kaepernick would tell would...
BHM - Thomas, Rickey & Robinson - Barrier Breakers
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BHM - Thomas, Rickey & Robinson - Barrier Breakers

The year was 1903, and Branch Rickey was the Head Coach for the Ohio Wesleyan Baseball Team. During a road trip to play Notre Dame, Rickey's team was denied lodging at the Oliver Hotel in South Be...
BHM - Kenny Washington - The Other Barrier Breaker
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BHM - Kenny Washington - The Other Barrier Breaker

It was the late 1940's and a superstar multi-sport athlete from UCLA was in the news. He would break the color barrier for a major professional sport, but he would be eclipsed the next year by his...
Hall of Fame candidates - Vote is Today!
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Hall of Fame candidates - Vote is Today!

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will be considering several former Negro League players to be included for election to the Class of 2022. (The election will take place on December 5, ...
Hall of Fame candidate - George “Tubby” Scales
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Hall of Fame candidate - George “Tubby” Scales

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will be considering several former Negro League players to be included for election to the Class of 2022. (The election will take place on December 5, ...
Hall of Fame candidate - “Cannonball” Redding
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Hall of Fame candidate - “Cannonball” Redding

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will be considering several former Negro League players to be included for election to the Class of 2022. (The election will take place on December 5, ...
Hall of Fame candidate - Buck O’Neil
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Hall of Fame candidate - Buck O’Neil

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will be considering several former Negro League players to be included for election to the Class of 2022. (The election will take place on December 5, ...