The Negro Baseball Leagues | Making Black America

Learn about segregated baseball in this clip from MAKING BLACK AMERICA. The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprised of African American teams. In 1933, Pittsburgh Crawfords owner Gus Greenlee relaunched the Negro National League, and later that year, introduced the East-West All Star Game in Chicago. Utilize this clip and accompanying classroom activities—like “Negro League Baseball Cards”—to further explore this topic.

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