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The First Black Man to play profesional Baseball
Moses "Fleetwood" Walker becomes first African-American player in major league baseball, signing with the Toledo club in the American Association. -
The first all black profesional baseball team
The first all-black professional team, the Cuban Giants, is founded in Babylon, New York. -
Plessy vs Ferguson Court Case
In the famous Plessy vs. Furgeson case the United States Supreme Court upholds Louisianna's law requiring "separate but equal" public facilities for blacks. The decision firmly establishes the docrine of racial segregation throughout the South and much of the nation. -
The first world series in the Negro Leagues is played.
The first Negro World Series is played between the Kansas City Monarchs (Negro National League Champions) and the Hilldale Club (Eastern Colored League Champions) kansas city ended up winning five games to four. -
The Great Depression
The stock market crash and onset of the Great Depression places financial pressure on all of America, including Negro League baseball. -
End of the negro baseball leagues
The Negro National League plays its final season before succumbing to financial pressures. -
Negro Southern League
The Negro Southern League is the only "major" black league in operation. The league begins its seasons with only five teams — Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Cubs, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs amd Louisville White Sox. In the East a failed effort was made to reestablish an organized league. The East-West league, which included the Baltimore Black Sox, Cleveland Stars, Cuban Stars, Hilldales, Homestead Grays and Newark Browns, failed to complete the season. The league disbanded in June. -
Negro American League
The Negro American League is formed. The new league brings together the best western and southern teams. The NAL begins its inaugural season with seven teams — Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago American Giants, Cincinnati Tigers, Memphis Red Rox, Detroit Stars, Birmingham Black Barons, Indianapolis Athletics and St. Louis Stars. -
Jackie Robinson Future Hall Of Famer is signed
Jackie Robinson is signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization and debuts with the Montreal Royals as the first black player in organized baseball in half a century. -
Last season of Negro Leagues
The Negro National League plays its final season, disbanding at the end of the year. -
MLB becomes desegragated
By the end of the season more than 150 former Negro League players have been integrated into organized baseball. Without its greatest stars, and struggling with low attendance, the great era of Negro League baseball comes to a close.
now the players were brought to come play in the MLB because of financial problems and because there was no longer segregation
