Negro League Baseball

By johnson33
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    Negro Leagues

  • Jim Crow laws were in effect

    This is why Negros coudn't play with the whites.

  • Cuban GIants

    Cuban Giants formed the first Black Professional Baseball Team.

  • World War I

    1914-1918

  • World War I

    From 1914-1918
  • First Successful Negro League

    First Successful Negro League

  • World War II

    From 1939-1945

  • World War II

    1939-1945

  • Jackie Robinson Transfer

    In 1945 the Brooklyn Dodgers recruited Jackie Robinson who became the first African-American to be on a Mayjor League Roster

  • Jackie Robinson Transfer

    In 1946 Jackie Robinson went to play with the whites for the Montreal Royals a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers. This was bad for the team that he left because he left after the Negro League started to get better.