Wikipedia: The Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project is an effort started by Peoria, Illinois Anesthesiologist Jeremy Krock and with support of the Society for American Baseball Research to put a proper headstone on the graves of former Negro League baseball players. Founded in 2004, the Project started when Dr. Krock contacted members of the …
Category Archive: Current Issues
Current issues, affairs and events related to the Negro Leagues
Mar
02
2011
Lost Black Crackers 1938 Negro Leagues Film Footage Surfaces
From WXIA Atlanta ATLANTA — If the Atlanta Black Crackers had a heyday, this film depicts it. In 1938, the team played in the Negro Major Leagues for one season, then promptly returned to the minor leagues. The film barely scratches the surface of that team. “I believe it’s the only known footage of the …
Feb
14
2011
Remembering Buck O’Neil
After numerous encounters with Negro Leagues players, what most awes me is their humility. These players are gentlemen who played during of time of racial tension with a glass ceiling for major league career possibilities.
Feb
12
2011
Negro Leagues Series at Reds Hall of Fame
Commemorate Black History Month with Negro Leagues veterans Chuck Harmon, Tom Turner and Ron “Bunny” Warren.
Jan
25
2011
Country Music Star Charlie Pride and the Negro Leagues
Country star Charlie Pride’s history with the Negro Leagues
Jan
14
2011
2011 Civil Right Expanded to Larger Event in Atlanta
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the 2011 Civil Rights Game will be a Sunday afternoon affair on May 15, when the Braves host the Phillies — a team with two of the game’s premier African-American players, Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard — at Turner Field.
Jan
05
2011
Blackbaseball Now on Facebook and Twitter
We’re now on facebook and twitter as we kick off the new year 2011. Join now and follow the current news in Negro Leagues history as well as the latest project from Negro Leagues expert and author, James A. Riley.
Dec
28
2010
Welcome to the New Blackbaseball’s Negro Baseball Leagues
Since 1996 we’ve brought you the best in Negro Baseball Leagues information. We’re happy to announce we have migrated to a new platform and will be relocating our information to this site in the weeks to come.
Dec
26
2010
The Saga Of Dandy, The Devil And Day
Rare rap song from 1993 written by James A. Riley, recorded by the Ultramagnetic MC’s.