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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 60 

Designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, 

as America’s National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 25, 2005 

Mr. TALENT submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas 

City, Missouri, as America’s National Negro Leagues 

Baseball Museum. 

Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas 

City, Missouri, was founded in 1990, in honor of those 

individuals who played in the Negro Baseball Leagues as 

a result of segregation in America; 

Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is the only 

public museum in the Nation that exists for the exclusive 

purpose of interpreting the experiences of the players in 

the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1970; 

Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum project began 

in the 1980s, through a large scale, grass roots, civic and 

fundraising effort by citizens and baseball fans in the 

Kansas City metropolitan area; 
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Whereas the first Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was located at 1615 East 18th Street in the historic ‘‘18th and 

Vine District’’, which was designated by the city of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1988, as historic in nature and the 

birthplace of the Negro Leagues; 

Whereas the current Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was 

opened at 1616 East 18th Street in 1997, with a dramatic expansion of core exhibition and gallery space and 

over 10,000 square feet of new interpretive and educational exhibits; 

Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum continues to 

receive strong support from the residents of the Kansas 

City metropolitan area and annually entertains over 

60,000 visitors from all 50 States, and numerous foreign 

countries; 

Whereas there remains a need to preserve the evidence of 

honor, courage, sacrifice, and triumph in the face of segregation of those African Americans who played in the 

Negro Leagues; 

Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum seeks to educate a diverse audience through its comprehensive collection of historical materials, important artifacts, and oral 

histories of the participants in the Negro Leagues and 

the impact that segregation played in the lives of these 

individuals and their fans; and 

Whereas a great opportunity exists to use the invaluable resources of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to teach 

the Nation’s school children, through on-site visits, traveling exhibits, classroom curriculum, distance learning, 

and other educational initiatives: Now, therefore, be it 
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1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) designates the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu4 seum in Kansas City, Missouri, including the muse5 ums future and expanded exhibits, collections li6 brary, archives, artifacts and education programs as 

7 ‘‘America’s National Negro Leagues Baseball Mu8 seum’’; 

9 (2) supports the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu10 seum in their efforts to recognize and preserve the 

11 history of the Negro Leagues and the impact of seg12 regation on our Nation; 

13 (3) recognizes that the continued collection, 

14 preservation, and interpretation of the historical ob15 jects and other historical materials held by the 

16 Negro Leagues Baseball Museum enhances our 

17 knowledge and understanding of the experience of 

18 African Americans during legal segregation; 

19 (4) commends the ongoing development and vis20 ibility of the ‘‘Power Alley’’ educational outreach 

21 program for teachers and students throughout the 

22 Nation sponsored by the Negro Leagues Baseball 

23 Museum; 

24 (5) asks all Americans to join in celebrating the 

25 Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and its mission of 
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1 preserving and interpreting the legacy of the Negro 

2 Leagues; and 

3 (6) encourages present and future generations 

4 to understand the sensitive issues surrounding the 

5 Negro Leagues, how they helped shape our Nation 

6 and Major League Baseball, and how the sacrifices 

7 made by Negro League players helped make baseball 

8 America’s national pastime. 

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