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News items related to the Negro Leagues
Feb 20 2013
Jackie Robinson, the Negro Leagues, and a 2nd Grade Project
2nd grader interviews Negro Baseball Leagues historian and author James A. Riley about the Negro Leagues in general and Jackie Robinson in particular as a school project.
Jan 04 2012
Negro Leaguers lead list of inductees into Kansas Baseball Hall
CJ Online: Years after their deaths, the accolades continue to pour in for four Negro Leagues Baseball stars from Topeka. Carroll Ray “Dink” Mothell, Elwood “Bingo” DeMoss, “Topeka Jack” Johnson and Dudley “Tullie” McAdoo, along with 10 other Negro Leaguers and five others, will be inducted into the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame on Feb. …
Feb 25 2011
Art Exhibit & Program Coming to Georgia Tech
From a painting of future Hall of Fame pitcher Willie Foster posing with young admirers to the wood carving commemorating Satchel Paige, the pieces showcased in the Shades of Greatness exhibit at Georgia Tech weave together the story of the Negro Leagues of Baseball. The traveling exhibit, which will be at Georgia Tech until March …