Negro Leagues Black History Month

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February 13, 1974: James (Cool Papa) Bell is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. Known for his legendary footspeed, Bell joins Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Monte Irvin, as Negro Leagues greats selected to the Hall.
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February 13, 1920: Officials organize the Negro National League in a meeting held at the YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri, with the Detroit Stars as a charter member.
Spearheaded by league founder Rube Foster, the NNL will become the most successful of all Negro Leagues ventures and will last until the late 1940s.
Rube Foster established the Negro National League in a meeting held at KC?s Paseo YMCA & boldly proclaimed, ?WE ARE THE SHIP; ALL ELSE THE SEA,? serving notice to MLB that a new player had arrived to be reckoned with!
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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/negro-leagues-data-is-now-available-on-fangraphs/
Negro Leagues Data Is Now Available on FanGraphs!
Fangraphs

 

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General Mills announces a special edition of a Wheaties cereal box honoring the 75th Commemorative Year of the Negro Leagues that will feature superstars Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and 'Cool Papa' Bell.
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February 21, 1966: Emmett Ashford is hired by the American League becoming the first African American umpire in the major leagues.
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Oscar Charleston?s 162-game averages for his 18-year career: .
364/.449/.615 (1.063 OPS, 184 OPS+), 214 H, 43 2B, 15 3B, 26 HR, 151 RBI, 37 SB, 361 TB, 8.1 WAR.
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https://www.mlb.com/news/jocko-maxwell-first-black-radio-sports-broadcaster
Jocko Maxwell, the forgotten sports broadcasting great.
MLB.com

 

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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/rochelle-riley-celebrated-among-black-history-month-game-changers
Rochelle Riley celebrated among Black History Month Game Changers.
Director of City of Detroit Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship uses innovative mindset to promote excellence of creative workforce.
Tigers official site

 

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ng-negro-leagues-as-equal-to-mlb/69937735007/
New 'Alliance' seeks May 2 holiday celebrating Negro Leagues as 'equal' to MLB.
Detnews

 

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Satchel Paige, and Goose Tatum of the Harlem Globetrotters, former teammates in Negro League Baseball catch up on old times, 1952. Photo by The Stanley Weston Archive-Getty Images.
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Effa Manley is the first woman to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, February 27, 2006. Effa Manley was an American baseball executive who co-owned the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League alongside her husband, Abe Manley.
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Detroit Tigers Community Impact @TigersCommunity
From the ballfields to every corner of the city, black greatness drives Detroit.
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This Black History Month and beyond, we're honoring Norman "Turkey" Stearnes and his Detroit Stars teammates.
Join us July 21-23 for Negro Leagues Weekend, when we'll give his No. 8 jersey to the first 15,000 fans on July 22.
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J.L. Wilkinson's 1920 Kansas City Monarchs in color at the birth of the Negro Leagues. Read more on this great team & many others in Jay Caldwell's "Black Baseball in Living Color" w/Graig Kreindler amazing artwork. We are proud to be a part of such a great book!
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1923: New York Giants trainers Waller Irvin and Emmett Parker pose together during spring training camp in San Antonio, Texas.
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Our next #WomensHistoryMonth Game Changer is Charlene Turner-Johnson!
Read more on her role as volunteer president and CEO of B.A.S.S., Inc.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-honor-women-s-history-month-game-changer
Charlene Turner-Johnson named Women?s History Month Game Changers honoree.
Volunteer president and CEO of B.A.S.S., Inc. celebrated for creating positive community development.
Tigers official site

 

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1941 Homestead Grays at Forbes Field.
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The Negro League Birmingham Black Barons team portrait, 1951.
Photo by Mark Rucker-Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images.
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1939 Negro League East-West All Star Game.
Standing: Buck Leonard, Willie Wells, Fernandes, Sammy Hughes, George Scales, Mules Suttles, Pat Patterson, Josh Gibson, Bill Wright, Roy Partlow. Kneeling: Bill Byrd, Leon Day, Bill Holland, Condo Lopez, Goose Curry, Red Parnell.
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May 2, 1920: The Indianapolis ABCs beat Charles 'Joe' Green's Chicago Giants in the first game played in the inaugural season of the Negro National League, played at Washington Park in Indianapolis.
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