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12.20.2020

The Negro Leagues

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Perspectives On: Major League Baseball Recognizing Negro League Baseball from Howard Bryant, Bomani Jones, and Dr. Greg Carr

Urban Radio Nation December 20, 2020

From 1920 to 1948, Black baseball players barred from the Major Leagues could only play in what were called Negro Leagues. As a result man...

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