Baseball autographed by Kansas City Monarchs
| Description: |
Because African-Americans werent allowed to play in professional baseball leagues, they formed their own leagues in the 1920s, giving the African-American community a sense of racial pride, self-awareness and a chance to play one of Americas popular sports--baseball. The Kansas City Monarchs, one of eight teams that formed the Negro League, founded in 1920, was the first winner of the Black World Series. This ball was signed by members of the team in 1997 at the Negro Leagues Museum. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/107 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Kansas City Monarchs (Baseball team) Negro leagues Baseball Autographs 1920s |
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