It's sobering to walk into this museum. Your first experience is looking through chicken wire onto a baseball field. This is how African Americans had to watch a Major League game at the turn of the 20th Century. Caged off as if they weren't human. Not so at a Negro Leagues game. Where everyone was welcome to see arguably some of the best baseball being played in the country. These athletes were segregated, threatened, and degraded, but it never stopped them from doing the one thing they loved: playing ball. In the end, they won a lot more than games. These posters celebrate the history of the league and the perseverance of the men who played great baseball the only place they could.
Writer: Tom Wirt
Art Directors: Matt McKay/Chris Shults
