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What Were the Negro Leagues?
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This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history of baseball. I
The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues
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Briefly traces the history of the Negro Baseball League, and identifies over four thousand of its players.