WJZ/CBS Baltimore: “Organizations plan to memorialize Baltimore’s Negro League Baseball team”
BALTIMORE- Baltimore was home to Negro League Baseball teams. Of the various teams, the Baltimore Black Sox are arguably the most well-known team.
They were a professional Negro League Baseball team until around 1936.
But now, another team of nonprofits and organizations in Baltimore are working to commemorate this piece of history.
Their goal is to establish a memorial to honor the legacy of the Black Sox and show they are a part of Baltimore’s heritage…
…Together, Parks & People, South Baltimore Gateway Partnership and the City of Baltimore are in Phase One of bringing the Baltimore Black Sox Memorial to life.
“History is being lost. We want to take the Baltimore Black Sox out of antiquity and bring them into the mind, hearts and souls of people today,” Lance told WJZ.
The memorial will be a feature along a new African American Heritage Trail, symbolizing the legacy of the Black Sox and their profound influence on the city’s African American history and baseball culture.
This trail is a piece of the Reimagine Middle Branch Plan’s framework.
“Holistically. Look at the Harborplace, the Baltimore Peninsula, Westport, Cherry Hill, and Locust Point. That entire mountain, that entire 11-mile stretch about what I’m speaking, this is an opportunity to change Baltimore,” Lance said.
Access the full article and interview on WJZ’s website here.