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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 60 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 4, 2006 

Referred to the Committee on 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; 

Whereas the first Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was located at 1615 East 18th Street in the historic ‘‘18th and 


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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 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Congress— 


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(1) designates the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum 

in Kansas City, Missouri, including the museums future 

and expanded exhibits, collections library, archives, artifacts and education programs as ‘‘America’s National 

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’’; 

(2) supports the efforts of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to recognize and preserve the history of the 

Negro Leagues and the impact of segregation on our 

Nation; 

(3) recognizes that the continued collection, preservation, and interpretation of the historical objects and 

other historical materials held by the Negro Leagues 

Baseball Museum enhances our knowledge and understanding of the experience of African Americans during 

legal segregation; 

(4) commends the ongoing development and visibility of the ‘‘Power Alley’’ educational outreach program for teachers and students throughout the Nation 

sponsored by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; 

(5) asks all Americans to join in celebrating the 

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

Leagues; and 

(6) encourages present and future generations to 

understand the sensitive issues surrounding the Negro 


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Leagues, how they helped shape our Nation and Major 

League Baseball, and how the sacrifices made by Negro 

League players helped make baseball America’s national 

pastime. 

Passed the Senate April 4, 2006. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary. 


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