Negro Baseball League

HELLO, EAST SIDE! Beginning today straight from Cooperstown, New York, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the National Endowment for the Humanities brings you a traveling display of Negro League Baseball memorabilia. Kick off with a visit from Larry Tye, author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend. Reception at 5:30 PM, program at 6:30 PM. Then stay to enjoy Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience Exhibit. This lively display includes letters, schedules, photographs, posters, and other bits. Did I mention it's at the East Side Library? 2559 Hubbell Avenue. Lots of room to park. You'll like it!

List of Resources for African-American History in Iowa
Just FYI - some of these items are part of out local history collection and cannot be checked out. If you stop in at the Central Library you can read them in the building.