A Trip to the Negro Leagues Museum
The Lead
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🗓️ 28 February 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The Negro Leagues celebrated a 100th anniversary earlier this month. And as part of our Black History Month coverage, we decided to send The Athletic’s Nate Taylor, a Kansas City native, to check out the iconic Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. Today, Nate takes us back in time (and on a virtual tour) to hear why Jackie Robinson was selected to cross the MLB color line, how Negro Leagues players were like rock stars in their communities, and the stories of women who played in the Negro Leagues against the men.
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| 0:00.0 | Earlier this month, it was the hundredth anniversary of the Negro Leagues. |
| 0:11.1 | And at the Centennial celebration in Kansas City, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players |
| 0:15.9 | Association made a million dollar donation to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. |
| 0:21.3 | Come behalf of the players, the MLBPA and Major League Baseball have pledged an additional |
| 0:30.1 | million dollars to the Project here in Kansas City. |
| 0:35.5 | So as part of our Black History Month coverage here at the LEAD, we decided to send the |
| 0:39.8 | Athletics Nate Taylor, a Kansas City native, to check out the museum. |
| 0:44.3 | Today, Nate takes us back in time to hear why Jackie Robinson was the one selected to |
| 0:50.2 | cross the MLB color line, how Negro Leagues players were like rock stars in their communities, |
| 0:56.3 | and the stories of some incredible pioneers. |
| 0:59.9 | There were actual women who played in the Negro Leagues. |
| 1:06.1 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:08.3 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:10.2 | It's Friday, February 28th, and this is the LEAD. |
| 1:13.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:19.0 | It was just something about the emotion and the heart of the Negro Leagues. |
| 1:23.0 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:26.0 | You can pay. |
| 1:29.0 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:33.2 | It stays with you. |
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