1. The Story of Negro League Baseball
We Are The Ship
The Story of Negro
League Baseball
Book written by: Kadir Nelson
PowerPoint by: Charlie Johns

2. The Negro Leagues
The Negro Leagues were created because the African Americans weren’t hired to professional teams due to an agreement among the owners. So these gifted players decided to create small, semi pro teams.

3. Some of the teams were… The Newark Eagles The Detroit Stars
The Indianapolis Clowns
The St. Louis Stars
The Cleveland Buckeyes

4. Before the Negro League Baseball
Before Negro League Baseball, a hand full of African Americans playing professional baseball at the time. A man named Bud Fowler was the first African American to play professional baseball.
Bud Fowler

5. Other Players
Bud Fowler was not the only African American professional player. There were the likes of Ben Taylor, Pete Hill, Rube Foster, Grant “Homerun” Johnson, and many more. These players became stars of the Negro Leagues.
Ben Taylor
Pete Hill
Grant “Homerun” Johnson

6. Life In the Leagues
The players had a hard life in the Negro Leagues. They would drive through the country by bus, playing 2 to 3 games a day. They basically lived in these buses. Many did not mind because they were doing what they loved.

7. Today
Today there are many African Americans in Professional Baseball (MLB, AAA, AA). There are no segregated baseball leagues in existence today. All races play the great game of baseball side by side happily.