Springfield’s MLK Commemorations Committee will host a variety of activities in 2020 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Negro baseball leagues. The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term is used broadly to include professional black teams…
Author: Dr. Sabrina A. Brinson for SGFNN
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” – The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4, all eyes will turn to Memphis, Tennessee to remember…