Negro Southern League Museum

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The Negro Leagues Museum is a proposed educational museum honoring the Negro Leagues of professional baseball which were active from the late 19th century until 1960 after Major League Baseball successfully integrated.

The idea of building a museum in Birmingham was proposed independently by the American Negro League Baseball Association, which secured a contract on the Booker T. Washington Building at 17th Street and 3rd Avenue North and the Alabama Negro League Association, which secured a promised donation of memorabilia from the Center for Negro League Baseball Research.

In May 2008, both groups agreed to combine their efforts and work with a city-authorized board to develop the museum. In April 2009 Mayor Larry Langford unveiled a proposal to build a museum which would be connected by skywalk to historic Rickwood Field in West End. Further restoration of Rickwood, the world's oldest standing baseball park, would be included in the $7.5 million proposal.

References

  • Wolfson, Hannah (December 23, 2007) "Baseball veterans and supporters want to build a Negro Leagues museum in downtown Birmingham." Birmingham News
  • Norris, Toraine (April 15, 2008) "Group wants to build museum to honor Negro League veterans from Alabama." Birmingham News
  • Oberholzer, Kristin (May 14, 2008) "Groups unite to develop Negro Leagues museum." Birmingham News
  • Bryant, Joseph D. (April 2, 2009) "Birmingham considering museum, restoration at Rickwood Field." Birmingham News
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