In 2024, Major League Baseball officially incorporated the statistics of players from the segregated Negro Leagues into its record books in an effort to formally integrate some of the game’s greatest ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One of America’s most familiar faces in baseball history has been under attack according to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick. The baseball icon’s history ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knoxville brewery is paying tribute to the storied history of baseball in the city. “Steel Arm Lager” commemorates the Knoxville Giants of the Negro Southern League that ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – If you watch the game of baseball, you’ve heard of Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player in the major leagues. However, there’s more Black history and excellence in the ...
The story of the various baseball organizations that collectively formed the Negro Leagues over the first half of the 20 th century is vital to telling the story of the game to this day. This list ...
Frank Jordan recalls the weekends when he’d travel with his father’s baseball team on a bus across the American South, from Georgia to the Carolinas, on their way to the next game. His father was a ...
Guests can tour the museum, which illustrates a vibrant history of the Negro Leagues and its star players. Highlighting the league's 1920 founding by National Baseball Hall of Famer Andrew "Rube” ...
True baseball historians have long known about the talents of Negro League players. Unfortunately, the general public has not been as familiar with them, thanks to the historical prejudices of Major ...
On a recent swing through Kansas City, my daughter and I made a stop at the Negro League Baseball Museum. We started the excursion at Arthur Bryant’s, one of our favorites and one of many outstanding ...
Royals players and coaches had a special visitor in their locker room ahead of Saturday’s game against the Dodgers. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick spoke with them about the rich ...
Located in the heart of Kansas City's historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is a one-of-a-kind experience. The Negro Leagues were formed in 1920 due to segregation laws ...