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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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According to Minnie Minoso, who played in the Negro Leagues as a third baseman for the New York Cubans from 1945-48 and became the first African-American on the Chicago White Sox roster, playing baseball in the U.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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KANSAS CITY - The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum recently announced that it is expanding the offerings of its well-established and successful licensing program.
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum adds Latin legacy line to its licensing program (01/09/2003)
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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But he still played with and against some of the best of the blackball stars in his four seasons in the Negro Leagues, including Satchel Paige and Larry Doby, both members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Much like the Negro Leagues of the same period, the House of David baseball players would criss-cross the country, playing with such greats as Paige, the Kansas City Monarchs and Pittsburgh Crawfords.
Paige played in the Negro Leagues before the color barrier was broken in Major Leaue Baseball and was a star in the majors, entertaining a long career.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Barnhill and other players who later excelled in legitimate Negro Leagues play (and some in organized baseball) also appeared on the roster of the Zulu Cannibal Giants and other comedy teams during the 1930s.
The generic label, THE NEGRO LEAGUES, refers to various affiliations of professional black baseball players, extending fom the late nineteenth century to the Jackie Robinson era.
Hall-of-Famer Monte Irvin took his services from the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues to the New York Giants at the Major League Baseball level.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Everywhere the Negro National and Negro American leagues operated, the financial resources and public visibility of black baseball were utilized for the advancement of the black image and promotion of racial justice in America.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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And, of course, the Negro leagues were represented on the battlefield by numerous players who replaced their baseball flannels with military uniforms, several of whom lost their lives in the conflict.
From the rugged competition of the Texas Negro Leagues in the 1920s, through Negro baseball's golden era in the 1940s, Carter lived a dream formed on the sandlots of East Texas.
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