The work is just beginning — but a new, organized direction should help.
Announced Thursday was the formation of the Negro Leagues Family Alliance, a group aimed at preserving “the legacies, history and intellectual properties of the Negro Leagues while contributing to the education and uplift of baseball and sports.”
It’s often said that good things come in threes, and it appears the group is taking that to heart: The Alliance rolled out a three-pronged set of initiatives in its opening press conference, which took place virtually on Zoom with members of several Negro League players, including Detroit legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Norman Thomas “Turkey” Stearnes.