For over 50 years or until 1947 when Jackie Robinson smashed the major leagues' color barrier the only ball fields where an African American could play organize

The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensi

This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. I

The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black respons

“We are the ship; all else the sea.”—Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted athletes