Black History Month and Negro League Baseball

Check out my live interview yesterday discussing "Last Train to Cooperstown" on the podcast for BASEBALLHAPPENINGS.NET.  Baseball Happenings: Baseball Happenings Podcast: Kevin L. Mitchell - A...: Kevin L. Mitchell , author of Last Train to Cooperstown: The 2006 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees from the Negro League Baseball Era , is th...   Thanks to Nick Diunte for having on his website.











The death of former Negro League player Art Pennington is mentioned in the interview.  He died last month, January 4.  Pennington played outfield and first base for the Chicago American Giants from 1940 - 1946, 1950.  His passing is another loss in the dwindling number of former Negro League players still alive.  This makes it even more important for the story of Negro League baseball must continue to be told.  As the nation celebrates African American history this month, the Negro League baseball era should be included in the celebration.  Although established due to racial discrimination, it is an important  part of 20th Century African American history.

Art Pennington

For “African American History Month”, read “Last Train to Cooperstown:  The 2006 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees from the Negro League Baseball Era”.  To order go to (http://booklaunch.io/kevinlmitchell/last-train-to-cooperstown) www.klmitchell.com