A Traveling Exhibit sponsored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the American Library Association

Traveling Exhibit - July 24 to Sept. 4
Washington Park Library
2121 N. Sherman Blvd.

Learn the remarkable history of baseball’s Negro Leagues, and how African-American baseball players have fared in the major leagues since Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The multi-panel exhibit examines baseball as a reflection of race relations in the United States.

Exhibit features photographs, team rosters, scorecards and other baseball
memorabilia from the 19th century to the present.

Library materials on baseball's Negro Leagues are included in a booklist available at your Milwaukee Public Library or in pdf format.

Learn More About It...links to other websites of interest

Negro Leagues Baseball Players Association

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City MO

Negro League Legends and Barnstormers

Local chapter of SABR – Society for American Baseball Research

Milwaukee Brewers Tribute

American Association Borchert Field photos

Black Baseball.com

Major League Baseball’s website for Negro Leagues

Educational Resources
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum e-Museum

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Civil Rights Unit

National Archives Lessons on Jackie Robinson