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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.
The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball 's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. Wilkinson was the first white owner at the time of the establishment of the team. [ 1]
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will be celebrating what it says was the first championship in the city’s history 100 years ago. The Kansas City Monarchs won the 1924 Negro Leagues World ...
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.
The original jersey worn by the 1924 Colored World Series champion Kansas City Monarchs in a display case as a part of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s “Kings of KC” exhibit.
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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]
Before the Dodgers defeated the Kansas City Royals for their 12th consecutive win, they made a special visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.