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Effa Manley becomes the first woman to enter the Hall of Fame. (Courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame)
Negro Leaguers, first woman in HOF
A special panel of 12 historians and Negro League experts selected 17 electees, including the first woman, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday. Full story >
• Test your Negro Leagues knowledge
• New exhibit honors Negro Leagues
Big leaguers pay tribute
Major Leaguers are quick to acknowledge that they owe a debt to pioneers of the Negro Leagues. 

sights and sounds
• Hall of Fame announcement:  350K
• MLB.com profiles Oscar Charleston:  350K
• MLB.com profiles Mule Suttles:  350K
• MLB.com profiles Buck Leonard:  350K
• MLB.com profiles Ben Taylor:  350K
• MLB.com profiles James "Cool Papa" Bell:  350K
• MLB.com profiles Spot Poles:  350K
• MLB.com profiles Biz Mackey:  350K
• MLB.com's Justice Hill on Negro Leagues vote 
• Author Bruce Adelson on Minor League integration 
• MLB.com profiles Buck O'Neil:  350K
• Solomon discusses RBI program:  350K
• MLB.com profiles Josh Gibson:  350K
• Brian McRae on Black History Month 
• Negro Leagues ballot preview  350K
• Negro Leagues Museum tour  350K
• Author Larry Hogan on "Shades of Glory" 
• MLB.com profiles Satchel Paige:  350K
sights and sounds
Pre-Negro Leagues Ballot:
• Pete Hill
• Home Run Johnson
• John Donaldson
• Frank Grant
• Jose Mendez
• Spot Poles
• Cannonball Redding
• Louis Santop
• Ben Taylor
• Sol White
 Negro Leagues Ballot:
• Sammy T. Hughes
• Biz Mackey
• Jud Wilson
• John Beckwith
• William Bell
• Dobie Moore
• Buck O'Neil
• Alex Pompez
• Chet Brewer
• Ray Brown
• Willard Brown
• Bill Byrd
• Dick Lundy
• Red Parnell
 • Fats Jenkins
• Effa Manley
• Cristobal Torriente
• Cum Posey
• J.L. Wilkinson
• Newt Allen
• Andy Cooper
• Rap Dixon
• Mule Suttles
• Oliver Marcelle
• Minnie Minoso
• Alejandro Oms
• George Scales
• Candy Jim Taylor
• C.I. Taylor
history
Buck LeonardNegro Leagues legacy
From the archives: Features on popular players, team histories, video clips, photo galleries and more.
Jackie Robinson Day
April 15, 2004 marked the beginning of an annual celebration throughout Major League Baseball.

Black History Month Archive:  2005 |  2004 |  2003