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Today in Baseball: The Negro National League is born
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 13, 2021

Today 101 years ago, the Negro National League was born. The first solid Major Negro League that lasted for over a decade and really initiated Negro League Baseball. On this day in 1920, a group of eight midwestern team owners met at the YMCA in Kansas City (which explains why the Negro League Museum is…

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Baseball history | Negro Leagues

Today in Baseball: Negro National League founded
Byyankeebiscuitfan February 13, 2020

Today a hundred years ago, the first professional negro league was founded. On the first day of a two-day meeting, eight team owners meet at the YMCA in Kansas City to create one of the most successful Negro League Baseball entities. Next to establishing the Negro National League, its governing body the National Association of Colored…

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