The Negro Leagues were not an alternative. They were the foundation. Reginald Armstrong traces Black baseball’s lineage from archive to renaissance.

The Negro Leagues were not an alternative. They were the foundation. Reginald Armstrong begins a four-part tribute to Black baseball’s lineage.

Rube Foster and his vision launched the Negro Leagues in 1920. More than a century later, his global impact is still shaping the game of baseball.