Skip to Main Content
site header image

Negro Leagues Baseball: Welcome

A virtual exhibit with links to resources related to the history of Negro Leagues Baseball.

Overview

African Americans were an integral part of the early history of baseball.  Despite racism and segregation, the Negro Leagues were formally organized and subsequently thrived.  From their inception in 1920 through their demise in 1959, they made history by not only breaking boundaries but also by introducing the world to some of the sport’s most revered players.

First colored world series, opening game Oct. 11, 1924 photo

"First colored world series, opening game Oct. 11, 1924, Kansas City, Mo. / J.E. Mille[r], K.C. / Public domain

By J.E. Mille[r], K.C. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.18576.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information., Public Domain, Link

Images in the News

Rendering of the proposed new Negro Leagues Museum facility

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum plans to expand on Buck O’Neil’s vision in new facility (read more)

By Nate Taylor

sketch of refurbished Hot Sox Park

Sketch of refurbished, historic (c.1915) Hot Sox Field at Wilson Park, Galesville, MD

Courtesy of Anne Arundel County Parks and Recreation

photo of Pedro Sierra and  Sam Allen

Negro League Baseball Players Meet and Greet Held
Jul 14,2022 by Special to the Dispatch

GAITHERSBURG, MD — A baseball field that was once a hub for Black baseball sandlot teams in Montgomery County will soon be renovated (continue reading)

photo of Humanities article title from Fall 2021, Volume 42, Number 4

Have you heard about this?

Related Links of Interest

Give to Langston Hughes Memorial Library

Donate by kvaught@lincoln.edu

More Research Options