How the Negro Leagues Worked

Stuff You Should Know

• Episode: How the Negro Leagues Worked
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
• Duration: 01:02:39
• Published: 2016-09-01 09:00

A decade before the U.S. officially segregated in 1896, baseball banned black players. A decade before the US integrated, baseball broke the color barrier. Between, the Negro Leagues produced some of the finest players to ever take the field.