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John Gethings Fire 3-1-10 Negro Baseball Leagues

The Negro Baseball Leagues gave African Americans a chance to be successful at a sport most people were not letting them play. I am researching the Negro Leagues and how they affected African Americans. The first league was created in 1887 and gave African Americans a chance to play baseball. They did this because whites did not want to play with African Americans. In this essay I am going to talk about Negro Baseball Leagues and how they were effective. The first league was built in the U.S in 1887. It was called the National Colored Baseball League. It was created by African Americans who were not allowed to play with white people. They made it because they were not allowed to play with whites so they made their own league. This was important because it gave African Americans a chance to play a sport they always wanted to play but couldn’t. In 1890 the International League put a ban on African Americans. The ban continued until 1946. In between then more and more Negro Leagues formed. This is important because while African Americans were being banned, they were making their own leagues to play. After the first Negro League was created in 1887 bad things happened. The league collapsed two weeks after due to lack in attendance. Obviously, they did not give up. A few years later the ban of African Americans in the International League occurred but more weight on their shoulders. But they still didn’t give up! They kept on trying to create new leagues. The Negro Baseball Leagues had an impact on many people. Mostly African Americans. This is because the leagues were only for them. It also impacted white people from the International League. This is because after banning the African Americans from the league they went and made their own leagues. They learned to never give up because if you keep working hard, you will get what you want. The Negro Baseball Leagues effect many people that came after them. For example, Jackie Robinson. Jackie did what the Negro Leagues did and never gave up. He made it to be the first African American to play in the MLB. 