The Negro League was a league founded by Ruth Foster. The Negro League let black people play Baseball in their own league. The Negro League was the major league for black people. Most people do not believe this but the Negro League was rougher than the major league back around the 1900s. When Ruth Foster died the Negro League shut down. A few years later Gus Greenlee took over the Negro League. He was a manager of a team. He had the team with Sachel Paige on it. If you weren't aware he was the best Negro baseball player.
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The Negro Leagues began when Major League Baseball established a color line to keep nonwhite players from participating.
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