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=The Negro Leagues= The Negro Leagues were created for African Americans to play Baseball. The Negro Leagues existed from 1920 to the 1950s [1].

How the Negro Leagues started
In the late 1800's many people have tried to make professional black baseball leagues.But because of [|segregation],this was difficult.[3] On Febuary 13 and 14,1920, the[| Negro National Leagues] began because of a meeting led by [|Rube Foster].This meeting was held in Kansas City YMCA.The NNL began with eight teams [3]. These teams were, [|Chicago American Giants], [|Cuban Stars], [|Dayton Marcos], [|Detroit Stars], [|Indianapolis ABC's], [|Kansas City Monarchs], and [|St.Louis Giants][3].In 1924 the first Negro world series was played between the [|Eastern Colored Leagues](ECL) and the Negro National Leagues (NNL).The ECL's final year was in the spring of 1928. The NNL ended just three years later in 1931.These two and many more faded away due to the [|Great Depression].The Negro Southern League was the only one to survive this great tragedy [5]. A new Negro League was made in 1933, but after a while, it became only focused in the [|East Coast].

History
The first [|African American baseball] game was played on September 28 1860 in[| Hoboken New Jersey]. It was the Weeksvill Nine of New York against the Colored Union Club. The Weeksville Nine of New York beat the Colored Union Club 11-0. The Paylon Black Panthers were the first known baseball [|team]. They formed thier team in 1885. After that a [|Florida] news paper created the first Negro leagues named the Southern League af Baseballists[2]. The negro league pitcher Paul jones helped[| umpire]softball games. He was called a hall of fame umpire in1989.He is also known to have played the game with players such as Leroy Satchel Paige he also played with Elson Howard and  Sad Sam Jones. One of Pauls[| dreams]was to be in the Major leagues[4]. The first successful organized Negro League was established on Febuary 13, 1920, at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri.[5]

Negro Leagues Hall of Famers
These are some of the Baseball Hall of Famers, [|Satchel Paige], [|Cool PaPa Bell], [|Josh Gibbson], [|Martin Dihlge], [|Monte Ivrin], and [|Judy Jonson] plus many more in 1971[2]. The Baseball hall of fame is located in [|Coopers Town, New York][2]. The Negro leagues Baseball Museum is located in [|Kansas City,Missouri].[1]