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URL:https://www.mchenrycountyhistory.org/events/black-baseball/
SUMMARY:Black Baseball
DESCRIPTION:Beginning in 1920 with the formation of the Negro National Leag
 ue\, Black entrepreneurs led by Andrew “Rube” Foster developed Negro L
 eague baseball into one of the nation’s most successful and culturally s
 ignificant Black enterprises. Operating within the confines of a racist sy
 stem that excluded talented Black ballplayers from playing in the major le
 agues\, these Black baseball magnates capitalized on the opportunity creat
 ed by Jim Crow segregation and organized their own all-Black professional 
 teams and leagues. These Negro League franchises not only became symbols o
 f pride for the Black communities they represented in cities across the Un
 ited States\, but they also provided these same communities with employmen
 t opportunities and much needed entertainment. The Negro Leagues also set 
 the stage for one of the most important symbolic victories of the civil ri
 ghts movement\, when Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color
  line on April 15\, 1947. However\, Jackie Robinson’s triumph also sound
 ed the death knell of the Negro Leagues\, as the gradual desegregation of 
 baseball eroded the demand for separate Black leagues. This presentation w
 ill trace the history of Black baseball from its origins in the second hal
 f of the nineteenth century through the present day\, emphasizing the impo
 rtant place of the Negro Leagues in American life.\n\nRegister HERE.
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CATEGORIES:Calendar,Museum Event
LOCATION:McHenry County Historical Society and Museum\, 6422 Main St\, Unio
 n\, IL\, 60180\, United States
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