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MLB Integrates Negro Leagues Stats, Elevating Long-Overlooked Stars to Major League Status

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 31, 2024

MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred announced this significant change three years ago, emphasizing the league’s commitment to correcting a historical wrong by elevating the Negro Leagues to “Major League” status.

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Baseball honors Negro Leagues’ 100th anniversary

Jim Litke, Associated PressJuly 2, 2020

The celebration was moved online after a major league-wide tribute to baseball’s Black pioneers scheduled for June 27 was shelved because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Prominent Figures of the Negro Leagues

Amanda Scurlock, Sports WriterFebruary 14, 2019

Before Jackie Robinson, many African Americans displayed top-notch performances on a baseball diamond