The MLB Players Association and Major League Baseball presented the donation at the Negro Southern League Museum.
The grant is intended to support the Negro Leagues Family Alliance’s aim to preserve the legacy of the Negro Leagues while strengthening education and well-being by expanding youth baseball participation.
The Negro Leagues Family Alliance is composed of relatives of 10 Negro Leagues players -- Bill Foster, Rube Foster, Josh Gibson, Pete Hill, Buck Leonard, Fran Matthews, Mobile native Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, Norman Thomas “Turkey” Stearnes and Ron “Schoolboy” Teasley.
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