Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference

Hosted by the Negro Baseball Leagues Committee of the

Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a not-for-profit organization.

Co-chairs Dick Clark (Ypsilanti, MI) and Larry Lester

Leadership Team:

MISSION STATEMENT 

The purpose of the JERRY MALLOY NEGRO LEAGUE CONFERENCE is to encourage the study and research of African American baseball and its influence on society, sport history, and racial barriers.  The Conference promotes activities to enhance scholarly, educational, and literary objectives.

The annual JERRY MALLOY NEGRO LEAGUE CONFERENCE is hosted by the NEGRO LEAGUES COMMITTEE, a component of the SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH (SABR), a non-profit organization.  The Conference is the only symposium for the past 11 years dedicated exclusively to the examination of black baseball history. 

Various awards are given annually:

• The Robert Peterson Recognition Award: for bodies of work that increase public awareness on the Negro Leagues.

• The John Coates Next Generation Award: for recognition of  outstanding achievement and dedication by newcomers to the research field.

• Normal “Tweed” Webb Lifetime Achievement: to recognize  long-term contributions to the field of Negro League research.

• The Most Valuable Partner (MVP): for financial contributors to the conference.

Email award nominations to:  Dick Clark

All conferences are scheduled to include a trip to a professional baseball game, host a trivia contest, a player panel discussion, with visits to local historic places.

Venues have been hosted in Harrisburg (PA) (thrice), Atlantic City, Chicago (twice), Kansas City (twice), Memphis, Portsmouth (VA), and Cleveland. Possible future sites include Birmingham, Memphis, and Baltimore.

In celebration of two championship teams Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays, the Malloy Conference goes to Pittsburgh for the 2009 conference, on July 16-18, at the Heinz Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNER IS . . . 

The winner of the $500 scholarship from the 10^th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League was Yu Meng Qi.  A student at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, Yu Meng graduated in June with a grade point average of 3.96 in the school’s rigorous International Baccalaureate Program.  She will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall.  Click HERE to read her essay.

THE KROCK WATCH . . . . .

Each year we raise funds to buy headstones for unmarked graves of Negro league players.  In 2005, led by the efforts of Jeremy Krock, 17 headstones were installed at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, IL.  If you would like to send a tax-deductible donation to support this cause please click here to request information. 

We are currently soliciting funds earmarked for the following grave sites:

• Bill Gatewood – Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, MO
• Franklin Mann – Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
• Jim LaMarque – Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
• Lester Lockett – Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL
• Alex Radcliff - Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL

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PRESENTATIONS:

Submission deadline for oral or poster presentations is March 6th. Click HERE for the Call for Papers.

Email proposals for consideration to: Leslie Heaphy

Please call 330-244-3304 for any questions. 

You may mail abstracts and presentations to Kent State University, c/o Dr. Leslie Heaphy, Stark Campus 6000 Frank Rd.  North Canton, OH 44720 

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REGISTRATION:

If you would like to download a copy of the REGISTRATION form for this year's conference click HERE.

If you would like to register through the SABR website, feel free to do so  --  click HERE.

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PROPOSALS:

If you would like to host a future Jerry Malloy Conference, request an application by sending an email to: Jim Kastro.  Or if you would like to download a review copy, click here.

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SPONSORSHIP:

If you would like to make a financial or in-kind donation, or sponsor an event at the Malloy Conference, please send an email to:  Ike Brooks

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SABR and the University of Nebraska Press co-sponsor an annual Jerry Malloy Award for the best book-length nonfiction manuscript submitted by a member of SABR. Memoirs, biographies, historical monographs, analyses, and essays are eligible for consideration.

Click Jerry Malloy Research Award to download a submission form.