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    Opinion: Outplaying Segregation, Negro National League Hits 100-Year Milestone

    NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the 100th anniversary of the Negro National League as a response to segregation in major league baseball.
    by Scott Simon Jul 04, 2020 1 minute
    Pictured from left to right: catcher O'Neal Pullen, pitcher Ajay Johnson, shortstop Biz Mackey and manager Lonnie Goodwin

    Baseball's Negro Leagues were formally founded a hundred years ago this week. They should never have had to exist — but they sure had some glorious players and times.

    Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and many more stars who couldn't

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