Negro Leagues Museum adds Latin players

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: March 22, 2003 | Copyright information

KANSAS CITY--The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is proud to announce that it is expanding the offerings of its well-established and successful licensing program. A new line called "Negro Leagues Latin Legacy" will honor the historical connection between Negro Leagues baseball and Latin American baseball and inform the public of its continuing effect on present-day Major League baseball.

Players and teams from the Negro Leagues and Latin America enjoyed a little-known but very important symbiotic relationship. From 1905 through the 1960s, Negro Leagues players found refuge, respect and revenue ...

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