Negro Leagues — The Undefeated

Portrait Of Pitcher Rube Foster

Rube Foster was the big man behind the first successful Negro baseball league

100 years ago, it took a combination of salesman and dictator to launch a historic era for black teams

By John Florio Ouisie Shapiro

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The history of black baseball in D.C. includes Frederick Douglass’ sons, Josh Gibson and the fight for equality

A look back as MLB All-Star Week comes to the nation’s capital

By Rhiannon Walker

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MLB All-Star week kicks off with unveiling of Negro Leagues mural

Mamie ‘Peanut’ Johnson, Josh Gibson and the Homestead Grays are featured at Ben’s Chili Bowl

By Rhiannon Walker

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