Christopher modeled characters in Bud, Not Buddy after his two grandfathers—Earl “Lefty” Lewis, a Negro league baseball pitcher, and 1930s bandleader Herman E. Curtis,of Herman Curtis and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression.
In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meanings of both racism and heroism when he befriends a black man who had played baseball in the Negro Leagues.
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In the days of segregation in Texas, Kokernot arranged for many exhibition games between traveling Negro League teams—led by such stars as Satchel Paige -- and visiting Mexican League teams.
Elwood "Bingo" DeMoss (September 5, 1889 – January 26, 1965) was a baseball player and manager in the Negro Leagues from 1905 to 1943.
It was home to the city's Minor League baseball team, the Houston Buffaloes, and it was the city's first venue for Negro Major League games.
Patricio Athelstan Scantlebury (November 11, 1917, in Gatun Lake, Panama – May 24, 1991) was a professional baseball player who played 1 season for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball, but was mostly known for his time in the Negro leagues when he was considered Panama's first Professional baseball star on foreign soil.
(December 11, 1915 - November 8, 2010) played in the Negro Leagues for the Monroe Monarchs (though it is assumed he played for them after they left the major Negro Southern League following 1932) and Denver White Elephants, a semi-professional team.
Sherman "Bucky" Barton (born February 2, 1875 in Normal, Illinois - July 11, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) was an Outfielder in the Negro Leagues.
Cleveland Tate Stars, Negro league baseball team in the Negro National League in 1922
East-West All-Star Game - an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players
Edsall Walker (1910-1997), American pitcher in Negro league baseball
He produced and worked with well-known pre-Negro League baseball players: Walter Ball, Harry Buckner, William Horn, George Hopkins, Harry Hyde, William Monroe, George Wright, Harry Moore, Pete Burns, Lewis Reynolds, William Smith, Dangerfield Talbert, Bert Jones, Nathan Harris, Rube Foster, and Andrew Campbell.
In the winter of 1915/1916, the Royal Poinciana Hotel hired the services of C.I. Taylor and many members of his Indianapolis ABCs pre-Negro League baseball team to take on another pre-Negro League baseball team hosted by the Breakers.
Washington (Homestead) Grays - a major Negro league baseball team that played from c.1912 to c.1950