2022 - Presentations, Awards, Scholarships & Grants

Theme: The NEGRO LEAGUES are MAJOR LEAGUES

• 1st Presentation — Paul Spyhalski -  Integration of Semi-Professional Baseball in Minnesota: Former Black Barons and Negro Leagues Make an Impact
•  2nd presentation — Rich Bogovich - The Overlooked Negro Leaguers of Bullock County, Alabama
•  3rd presentation — Gary Gillette  - Piper Davis & the Boston Red Sox
•  4th presentation – Kimberly White-Glenn – Juxtaposition: Toni Stone and Mrs. Effa Manley.
•  5th presentation — Todd Peterson  - The 102 Greatest Negro League Players of All-Time
•  6th presentation — Keith Crook  - Branch Rickey's Law: How New York State's Ives-Quinn Act Opened the Door for Jackie Robinson
•  7th presentation — James Overmyer  - Bud Fowler Becomes the First Black in Organized Baseball
•  8th presentation — Ken Bartlelt -  Black Ball in Brew City: The Milwaukee Bears
•  9th presentation — Clem Hamilton  - Ascent to Excellence: The St. Louis Stars (1923-31) and the Birmingham Black Barons (1941-48)
• 10th presentation — Tom Thress  - Negro League Baseball at Retrosheet
• 11th presentation — Duke Goldman & Ben Alter – Should Negro League Stats and AL-NL Stats be Combined?
• Panel 1 — The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues: Statistically Speaking: Todd Peterson, Jim Overmyer and Phil S. Dixon - Moderator: Larry Lester
• Panel 2 — Black Ball and the Hall: Justice in Cooperstown?: Steven Greenes, Leslie Heaphy and Gary Gillette - Moderator: Ted Knorr
• Special Tour of The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Rickwood Field and the Negro Southern League Museum

Awards

Tweeb Webb Lifetime Achievement Award:
Sean Forman & Cecilia M. Tan for the book Negro Leagues are Major Leagues
 
Robert Peterson Recognition Award:
Frederick C. Bush & Bill Nowlin for When the Monarchs Reign: Kansas City's 1942 Negro League Champions

John Coates Next Generation Award:
Shakeia Taylor for her monthly podcast: Ballpark Figures

Thomas R. Garrett Memorial $1,000 Scholarship Winners:
Julian Thomas - Robert Peterson scholarship
Ian Rich - Jimmie Crutchfield scholarship
Promise Egbu - Normal Tweed Webb scholarship
Doniya Boyd - Andrew Rube Foster scholarship

Grants
 
Richard C. Clark Memorial Library $500 Grant Winner: Geauga Public Library, Geauga, OH
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Fay Vincent Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award
Lamar Smith - Vestavia Hills, AL

Poster Displays:
How Many Negro Leagues Should Be in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame? By Dr. Clem Hamilton
Integration, Assimilation and Baseball in the U.S. The "Suicide Squeeze Play" felt by the Negro Leagues and Black sports in America. By Dr. Geremy Cheeks, Dr. Justin Garner and Jafus Kenyantta Cavil