Jerry Malloy Negro Leagues Conference

To download a copy of the REGISTRATION form, with HOTEL information click HERE

To register through the SABR website  --  click HERE.

All conferences are scheduled to include scholarly presentations, an educational forum, a professional baseball game, a trivia contest, player panel discussion(s), with visits to local historic places.  Each year we plan to donate books to schools or libraries, raise funds to purchase headstones for unmarked graves of players, and award scholarships for the best essays.    

In celebration of the Birmingham Black Barons and historic Rickwood Field, the Malloy Conference goes to Birmingham for the 2010 conference, on July 15-17, at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Sheraton Hotel.

Hotel reservations should be made directly with the

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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 is America's ORIGINAL Negro League Conference and is the only symposium for the past 12 years dedicated exclusively to the examination of black baseball history. 

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The two $2,500 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS are . . . 

Click HERE to download the application for the Essay Writing Contest.

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Application for SABR-NLC's $1,000 Library Grant

Click HERE to download an application for the two SABR-NLC Library Grant.

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CALL FOR PAPERS:  Oral or Poster presentations

Submission deadline for oral or poster presentations is March 8th. Click HERE for the Call for Papers.

Email proposals and abstracts 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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The KROCK WATCH:

Each year we raise funds to buy headstones for unmarked graves of Negro league players.  In 2004, led by the efforts of Jeremy Krock, a dozen headstones were installed at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, IL.  

This link will take you to the SABR store, where you can earmark funds for the "Negro Leagues Restoration Headstone Program." 

We are scheduled to install markers for:   

• Bill Gatewood – Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, MO
• Bobby Robinson - Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL

We are currently soliciting funds for the following grave sites:

• Bruce Petway - Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL - 1941
• Walter Ball - Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL - 1946
• Billy Francis - Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL - 1942
• William Binga - Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN - 1950
• Pete Hill - burial site unknown at this time. - 1951  (HALL OF FAMER)
• Gus Brooks - Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, MI - 1895
• James "Sapp" Ivory - Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL - 2008
• James "Lefty" LaMarque - Forest Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO - 2000
• Carroll Ray "Dink" Mothell - Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, KS - 1980
• Sellers McKee Hall - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA - unknown
• Ted Page - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA - 1984
• Connie Morgan - Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA - 1996
• King Solomon White - Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island, NY - 1955 (HALL OF FAMER)
• Armando Vazquez - Saint Raymond Cemetery, Bronx, NY - 2008

A listing of headstones installed since 2004, can be found HERE.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to support this endeavor please 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: Larry Lester.  

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, You can automatically email your request or proposal by clicking on: Mike Hartnagel.

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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.

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

• The Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP): for the conference contributor with the greatest impact towards a successful conference.

Email award nominations to:  Dick Clark

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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.

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Leadership Team: