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.
Jan 04 2011
Ken Burns PBS Baseball Series Recommends blackbaseball.com
Blackbaseball’s Negro Baseball Leagues is one of several baseball references recommended to teachers by the PBS/Ken Burns baseball documentary.
Dec 28 2010
Barnstorming to Heaven: Syd Pollock and His Great Black Teams
A rare insider’s perspective on baseball’s great barnstorming age.
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 28 2010
St. Louis Stars of 1930
The last two pennants before the first Negro National League’s demise were annexed by the St. Louis Stars.
Dec 28 2010
Pittsburgh Crawfords of 1935
The team most identified as the greatest black baseball team of all-time is the 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords.
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