Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

From the rodeo to baseball. Historian and author Phil Dixon—who also co-founded the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas ...

Andrew "Rube" Foster Launches What Became Known As The Negro Leagues In 1920 Rube Foster The Negro Leagues 1920 ...

Bob Kendrick has been the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum since 2011, but he said it’s too early to talk about ...

BUZZ MAGAZINE The Negro Leagues have only recently received their due in baseball history, as their story, in a time when ...

423 average. A year later, he helped lead Hilldale to the first-ever Negro League World Series, facing off against the legendary Kansas City Monarchs. In the 1925 rematch, Mackey was instrumental ...

The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...

In addition to its partnership with the Kansas City Royals to offer free admission during Black History Month, the Negro ...

The museum opened in the 1990s as a single office space. Legends like the great late Buck O’Neil took turns paying rent out of pocket.

The minor league baseball team, the Kansas City Monarchs, plays in KCK, and the Mavericks hockey team calls the Missouri suburb of Independence home. The newest Chiefs Zone installment greets ...