IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 701 
Recognizing the teams and players of the Negro Baseball Leagues for their 
achievements, dedication, sacrifices, and contributions to both baseball 
and the Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2012 
Mr. CLEAVER (for himself, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mrs. HARTZLER, and 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the teams and players of the Negro Baseball 
Leagues for their achievements, dedication, sacrifices, 
and contributions to both baseball and the Nation. 
Whereas prior to 1947, Major League Baseball excluded Afri-
can-Americans from playing professional baseball, but 
could not suppress their desire to play the sport; 
Whereas African-Americans began organizing their own pro-
fessional baseball teams in 1885; 
Whereas 6 separate baseball leagues, known collectively as 
the ‘‘Negro Leagues’’, were organized by African-Ameri-
cans between 1920 and 1960; 
Whereas the Negro Leagues included exceptionally talented 
players who played the game at its highest level; 
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Whereas on May 20, 1920, the Negro National League, the 
first successful Negro League, played its first game; 
Whereas the skills and abilities of players in the Negro 
Leagues contributed to the realization by Major League 
Baseball of the need to integrate African-Americans into 
the sport; 
Whereas Major League Baseball did not fully integrate until 
July 1959; 
Whereas the Negro Leagues and their players were extraor-
dinarily successful and popular throughout the Nation 
before integration into Major League Baseball; 
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 the Nation; 
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 1960; 
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 
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•HRES 701 IH 
the Nation’s school children and others, through on-site 
visits, traveling exhibits, classroom curriculum, distance 
learning, and other educational initiatives: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the teams and players of the 
Negro Baseball Leagues for their achievements, 
dedication, sacrifices, and contributions to both 
baseball and the Nation; 
(2) supports the designation of the Negro 
Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, 
including the museums future and expanded exhib-
its, collections library, archives, artifacts, and edu-
cation programs as ‘‘America’s National Negro 
Leagues Baseball Museum’’; 
(3) supports the efforts of the Negro Leagues 
Baseball Museum to recognize and preserve the his-
tory of the Negro Leagues and the impact of seg-
regation on the Nation; 
(4) 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 the 
knowledge and understanding of the experience of 
African-Americans during segregation; 
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(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 Leagues, how they helped shape the Nation 
and Major League Baseball, and how the sacrifices 
made by Negro League players helped make baseball 
America’s national pastime. 
Æ 
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