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 local schools, raise funds for unmarked graves of players, and give scholarships for the best essays.

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

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 11 years dedicated exclusively to the examination of black baseball history. 

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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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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.  If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to support this endeavor please click HERE.

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

This year we plan to purchase and install markers for:   

• Bill Gatewood – Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, MO
• Bobby Robinson - Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL 
• Gable Patterson - Greenwood Cemtery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Robert Gaston - Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Sam Bankhead - Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

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

• Bruce Petway - Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
• Walter Ball - Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
• Billy Francis - Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
• William Binga - Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
• James "Lefty" LaMarque - Forest Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
• Sellers McKee - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Ted Page - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Sam Streeter - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

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

Your DONATIONS are WELCOME.

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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, please send your request to: Mike Hartnagel.

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The 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 2008.  Click HERE to read her essay.

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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: