So much has changed since we recorded this episode back in April! Aya and I decided to update you all with some important changes to the story. Aya was kind enough to compile a list of resources focusing on people of color and baseball so I do encourage all of our listeners to check them out! 

RESEARCH:

Negro Leagues E-Museum:

http://www.nlbemuseum.com/nlbemuseum.html

Library of Congress Online Archives on Baseball and the Color Line:

https://www.loc.gov/collections/jackie-robinson-baseball/articles-and-essays/baseball-the-color-line-and-jackie-robinson/

Current MLB players talk about being a black baseball player:

https://www.mlb.com/news/black-mlb-players-speak-out-on-race-issues

SF Giants player Jaylin Davis discusses his experience with racism:

https://sfgiants.mlblogs.com/the-stories-that-are-hardest-to-tell-jaylin-davis-9c905027f6a5

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-Black-and-Latino lineup in 1971:

https://sabr.org/journal/article/characters-with-character-pittsburghs-all-black-lineup/

Women in the Negro Leagues:

https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-annual-2018/the-negro-leagues-last-hope-three-brave-women/

Effa Manley, the First Woman Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame:

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/manley-effa

BOSS LEVEL: Ken Burns’ Baseball

https://www.pbs.org/show/baseball/episodes/

(If you can find the Tenth Inning epilogue, watch that for a profile on Barry Bonds.)

“THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. I urge you to research your own ways to learn about the history of Black people in baseball, as well as ways to support Black baseball personnel near you!” -Aya Newman

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