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 …
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Players
Feb 16 2011
Quincy Trouppe: “20 Years Too Soon”
Quincy Trouppe played with, for, against or scouted an astonishing array of legendary players.
Feb 14 2011
Who was black baseball’s best pitcher?
MLB.com posed the following question to a panel of 19 of the most respected authorities on “black baseball:” Who were the top five black pitchers prior to the integration of the Major Leagues?
Dec 28 2010
The Negro Leagues: African-American Achievers
The Negro Leagues is a story filled with unforgettable personalities, improbably performances, and magic moments. Most of all, it is a story excellence in the pursuit of our national pastime.
Dec 28 2010
Nice Guys Finish First: The Autobiography of Monte Irvin
Monte Irvin is an American Hero. With courage, belief and talent, he overcame great obstacles to realize his dream. And in this powerful autobiography, he tells the remarkable story of how he became a Hall of Fame baseball player and a man Americans can admire.
Dec 28 2010
Buck Leonard: The Black Lou Gehrig : The Hall of Famer’s Story in His Own Words
This is Buck’s story in his own words, tracing his life from his humble beginnings to the present. Not only an eyewitness account of the history of the Negro leagues told by one of the all-time greats, it is also a saga of the black experience, vividly illustrating what it was like to be a black American in the years before our country’s social conscience was awakened.
Dec 26 2010
Buck Leonard
The left-handed half of the homestead Gray’s power tandem, Buck Leonard paired with Josh Gibson to lead Cum Posey’s Grays to nine consecutive Negro National League championships during their halcyon years, 1937-45.
Dec 26 2010
Monte Irvin
Monte Irvin was one of the few fortunate players whose age and ability allowed them to bridge the divide between the two once-separate worlds of baseball.
Dec 26 2010
Cool Papa Bell
The fastest man ever to play baseball, Cool Papa Bell rode the crest of his publicity from his incredible speed and colorful nickname into the Hall of Fame.
Dec 26 2010
Judy Johnson
Sure handed with good range and a strong arm, Judy Johnson was an all-around great third baseman.