Minnie Miñoso and Buck O'Neil elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Other Boys of Summer and The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum continue to inspire during these challenging days.

As our country shut down in response to Covid-19 all of our upcoming programs were put on hold or postponed indefinitely. We knew that meant we needed to get to work to figure out how to continue to inspire people and shine the spotlight on the Negro Leagues. It was not going to be possible for us to bring the program to communities and organizations in person for the immediate future. What we decided to do was dig in and research and develop a way to keep moving forward. W

Lauren Meyer participates in a panel discussion at MLB to celebrate Black History Month and The Centennial of The Negro Leagues.

MLB honors Jackie Robinson each year on April 15th, the day he stepped on the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. We extended that honor by celebrating the entire week. We began the celebration in KC where we were invited to be part of the Jazz & Jackie Celebration at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. We had a free community program on April 14 at the historic Gem Theatre in the 18th & Vine district and did a 2nd program on April 15 for students and student athletes. The pane