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Negro Leagues centennial celebrated today
The Negro Leagues are getting the kind of recognition they deserve today. All Major League clubs will celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Negro National League -- the first structured Negro League that lasted for an extended period -- with all players, managers, coaches and umpires wearing a Negro Leagues 100th anniversary logo patch on their uniforms during today's games. The logo, a derivative of the official logo created by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, also will be featured on base jewels and lineup cards.

The festivities, originally slated for June 27 but postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will cap what has become a summer-long celebration of the league and its players, 100 years after the league’s founding. Bob Kendrick, who is the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, believes the big celebration would not have happened without Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, who made a joint donation of $1 million to the museum in February.

MLB clubs have also planned special 100th anniversary ballpark and digital engagement activities throughout the season, including Negro Leagues tribute games with throwback uniforms, educational panels, documentary film screenings and special auctions to support the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum or related organizations. For example, on Sunday the Marlins will wear throwback uniforms of the Miami Giants, a semi-pro team from the 1930s that faced many of the biggest Negro League stars of the day, such as Satchel Paige.

EVERFI, an official education partner of MLB, has incorporated club-customized content to highlight the Negro Leagues as part of the “Summer Slugger” program, a free, baseball-themed educational course aimed at preventing students from losing critical math and literacy skills during the summer months.

The Commissioner’s Office has digital plans to engage fans on both social media and a new dedicated page on MLB.com, powered by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, to highlight the history of the Negro Leagues and its players. The page contains player and team profiles, historic photos of Negro Leagues players, videos featuring interviews by Kendrick and more. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum has designated a special anniversary hashtag to be used on social media -- #NegroLeagues100.

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