Presents a history of the Negro Leagues, from their inception to the integration of black players into Major League Baseball to the eventual demise of the leagu

At his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Negro League player Buck Leonard said, "Now, we in the Negro Leagues felt like we were contributing some

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 Negro baseball leagues were a thriving sporting and cultural institution for African Americans from their founding in 1920 until Jackie Robinson broke the c

For fans of Hidden Figures and Steve Sheinkin's Undefeated, Andrea Williams's Baseball's Leading Lady is the powerful true story of Effa Manley, the first and o