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The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum ( NLBM) is a privately funded museum dedicated to preserving the history of Negro league baseball in America. It was founded in 1990 in Kansas City, Missouri, in the historic 18th & Vine District, the hub of African-American cultural activity in Kansas City during the first half of the 20th century.
1962 (age 61–62) Crawfordville, Georgia. Occupation. President. Known for. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Bob Kendrick (born 1962) is the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in Kansas City, Missouri. [1] Prior to that he served as the museum's first Director of Marketing and was promoted to Vice President of Marketing in 2009.
Larry Lester is the former chairman of the Society for American Baseball Research 's Negro League Committee, [4] which hosts the annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, a symposium dedicated exclusively to the examination and promotion of black baseball history. [5] He co-founded the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in Kansas City ...
Interviewees such as Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick celebrate these achievements without forgetting that they only existed in the first place due to systemic racism — the ...
June 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM. The historic site of Major League Baseball's special regular-season game on June 20 isn't a mythical cornfield dreamed up by a Hollywood screenwriter. It's an actual ...
“The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is a tremendous educational resource and is one of the nation’s most important Civil Rights and Social Justice institutions. We hope that students and adults ...
Buck O'Neil. John Jordan " Buck " O'Neil Jr. (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball. [ 2]
The Negro Leagues have been in the news a lot lately. Shortly after celebrating their 100th anniversary in August, Major League Baseball said the league had officially been elevated to Major ...