Negro Leagues

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professional baseball league system segregated sports organization

The Negro Leagues were a collection of professional African American baseball leagues in the United States that operated during the era of racial segregation and showcased many of the sport’s greatest talents before integration into Major League Baseball.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Negro leagues 22
Negro league baseball 9
Negro Leagues canonical 5

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional baseball league system ⓘ
segregated sports organization ⓘ
alsoIncluded Afro-Latino players ⓘ
Caribbean players ⓘ
barrierType racial segregation in professional baseball ⓘ
commemoratedBy Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ⓘ
competitionLevel major league caliber ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance important institution in African American communities ⓘ
symbol of Black excellence in sports ⓘ
declineCause integration of MLB after 1947 ⓘ
economicRole provided employment and business opportunities for Black communities ⓘ
foundedBy Rube Foster ⓘ
hasPart American Negro League ⓘ
Cuban League ⓘ
surface form: Cuban League (as associated winter league)

Eastern Colored League ⓘ
East–West League ⓘ
Mexican League (as associated league for Black players) ⓘ
Negro American League ⓘ
Negro National League ⓘ
Negro Southern League ⓘ
Southern Negro League ⓘ
inception late 19th century ⓘ
influenced integration of Major League Baseball ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy contributed many Hall of Fame players to Cooperstown ⓘ
mediaDepiction documentaries and books on Black baseball history ⓘ
MLBRecognitionAsMajorLeagues 2020 ⓘ
mostTeamsDissolvedBy early 1960s ⓘ
NegroLeaguesBaseballMuseumLocation Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
notableEvent East–West All-Star Game ⓘ
Negro World Series ⓘ
surface form: Negro League World Series
notableMilestone Jackie Robinson’s MLB debut in 1947 ⓘ
Jackie Robinson’s signing with Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1945 ⓘ
notablePlayer Buck Leonard ⓘ
Buck O’Neil ⓘ
Cool Papa Bell ⓘ
Hilton Smith ⓘ
Josh Gibson ⓘ
Monte Irvin ⓘ
Mule Suttles ⓘ
Oscar Charleston ⓘ
Ray Dandridge ⓘ
Satchel Paige ⓘ
Smokey Joe Williams ⓘ
Turkey Stearnes ⓘ
Willie Wells ⓘ
notableTeam Baltimore Elite Giants ⓘ
Birmingham Black Barons ⓘ
Chicago American Giants ⓘ
Cuban Stars (West) ⓘ
surface form: Cuban Stars

Homestead Grays ⓘ
Kansas City Monarchs (baseball) ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City Monarchs

Memphis Red Sox ⓘ
New York Cubans ⓘ
Newark Eagles ⓘ
Pittsburgh Crawfords ⓘ
operatedDuring Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: Jim Crow era

racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
participantOf African American sports history ⓘ
playedIn ballparks across the United States ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
reasonForExistence exclusion of Black players from Major League Baseball ⓘ
recognizedBy Major League Baseball ⓘ
significantEvent formal organization of Negro National League in 1920 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
travelPattern barnstorming tours ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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Jackie Robinson → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
Roy Campanella → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Willie Mays → brokeIntoMLBFrom → Negro Leagues ⓘ
Rickwood Field → leagueUsedFor → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Rube Foster → notableFor → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
Rube Foster → memberOf → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
NNL → partOf → Negro Leagues ⓘ
subject surface form: Negro National League
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Cuban Stars (West) → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Memphis Red Sox → associatedWith → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Cleveland Tate Stars → playedInLeague → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Cool Papa Bell → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Mule Suttles → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
New Orleans Eagles → partOf → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Indianapolis ABCs → playedIn → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Negro leagues
Indianapolis Clowns → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Milwaukee Bears → partOf → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
Bullet Rogan → debutLeague → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Oscar Charleston → leaguePlayedIn → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Oscar Charleston → playedBeforeIntegration → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball color barrier era
Birmingham Black Barons → partOf → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Satchel Paige → leagueParticipatedIn → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
Minnie Miñoso → playedInLeague → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Rube → era → Negro Leagues ⓘ
subject surface form: Rube Foster
this entity surface form: Negro leagues era
Rube → fieldOfWork → Negro Leagues ⓘ
subject surface form: Rube Foster
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball organization
I Never Had It Made → about → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Philadelphia Stars → competitionType → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Homestead Grays → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
George Charles Foster → fieldOfWork → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
George Charles Foster → movement → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
Campanella → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
subject surface form: Roy Campanella
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Baltimore Elite Giants → affiliation → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Willie Wells → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
Willie Wells → partOf → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball history
Willie Wells → genre → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
The Say Hey Kid → brokeIntoMLBFromLeague → Negro Leagues ⓘ
subject surface form: Willie Mays
Soul of the Game → mainSubject → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City) → tenantLeague → Negro Leagues ⓘ
Willard Brown → league → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro leagues
J. L. Wilkinson → fieldOfWork → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball
Muehlebach Field → leagueAssociation → Negro Leagues ⓘ
Newt Allen → partOf → Negro Leagues ⓘ
this entity surface form: Negro league baseball