IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 277 
Designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, 
as America’s National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2005 
Mr. CLEAVER submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
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;
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Whereas the first Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was lo-
cated at 1615 East 18th Street in the historic ‘‘18th and 
Vine District’’, which was designated by the city of Kan-
sas 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 dra-
matic expansion of core exhibition and gallery space and 
over 10,000 square feet of new interpretive and edu-
cational 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 seg-
regation of those African Americans who played in the 
Negro Leagues; 
Whereas the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum seeks to edu-
cate a diverse audience through its comprehensive collec-
tion 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 re-
sources of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to teach 
the Nation’s school children, through on-site visits, trav-
eling exhibits, classroom curriculum, distance learning, 
and other educational initiatives: Now, therefore, be it
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) designates the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu-
seum in Kansas City, Missouri, including the muse-
ums future and expanded exhibits, collections li-
brary, archives, artifacts and education programs as 
‘‘America’s National Negro Leagues Baseball Mu-
seum’’; 
(2) supports the Negro Leagues Baseball Mu-
seum in their efforts to recognize and preserve the 
history of the Negro Leagues and the impact of seg-
regation on our Nation; 
(3) recognizes that the continued collection, 
preservation, and interpretation of the historical ob-
jects 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 vis-
ibility 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
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preserving and interpreting the legacy of the Negro 
Leagues; and 
(6) encourages present and future generations 
to understand the sensitive issues surrounding the 
Negro 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. 
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