The Pittsburgh area has a rich history with sports, including the Negro league. Learn more with us!

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African Americans have been playing baseball since the 1860s. Teams were formed in Western Pennsylvania as early as then1870s. But they heyday of Negro League or Black baseball was the 20th century – from 1910 to 1950. In Greater Pittsburgh, two significant teams developed – The Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Both teams where franchises in the Negro National League, formed by Rube Foster in 1920.  Both fielded Hall of Fame players. And both teams were the pride of African Americans in Pittsburgh. Join us to hear from Samuel Black, the Director of African American Programs at the Senator John Heinz History Center.