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Article: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Opens
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- Los Angeles Sentinel
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- July 7, 1994
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Ron Dungee
Los Angeles Sentinel
07-07-1994
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Opens.
When baseball breaks for the All-Star Game July 12 in Pittsburgh, the legends of another era--the Negro Leagues--will be about to come alive for vacationers and fans in an elaborate new interactive exhibit that leads off the opening of the main gallery of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
During ceremonies on July 16, numerous former Negro Leagues players will be on hand for the opening, including John "Buck" O'Neil, 1946 Negro American League Batting Champion, former manager of the Kansas City Monarchs, coach and scout for the Chicago Cubs and the Kansas City Royals. He now is also chairman of ...