What is Negro leagues?
{{African American topics sidebar}} The '''Negro Leagues''' were [[baseball]] [[sports league|leagues]] for [[African Americans]]. These leagues started in the 1880s because African Americans were [[Baseball color line|not allowed into the major leagues]]. Some of the best players in the Negro Leagues were [[Satchel Paige]], [[Oscar Charleston]], [[Josh Gibson]], and [[John Henry Lloyd]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-24|title=Ten greatest Negro Leaguers|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/55331/ten-greatest-negro-leaguers-of-all-time|access-date=2021-05-18|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> In 1945 [[Jackie Robinson]] was the first African American to join the major leagues in the 20th century. By the 1960s the Negro Leagues had broken up.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Negro Leagues History - Negro League Baseball Museum - Kansas City, MO|url=https://nlbm.com/negro-leagues-history/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Negro Leagues Baseball Museum|language=en-US}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{African American topics}} [[Category:African-American history]] [[Category:Baseball leagues]] [[Category:History of baseball]] {{US-stub}}