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Field of Legends chicken wire
The chicken wire backstop at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum's Field of Legends exhibit is symbolic of American segregation. Photo courtesy of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Makes Impact With ‘Free February’

As visitors enter the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, they peer through a chicken wire backstop at the Field of Legends, which is the centerpiece of the Kansas City-based institution. The life-size bronze sculptures of some of the best Negro Leagues players of all-time stand at their positions on a baseball field, ready for the next […]

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