This Day In Black History

 

This Day in Black History: Feb. 13, 1920

Andrew "Rube" Foster organizes the first African-American baseball league, the Negro National League, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Andrew "Rube" Foster, who is hailed as the “Father of Black Baseball,” organizes the first baseball league for African-Americans, the Negro National League, in Kansas City, Missouri. The NNL operated successfully until 1931.

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