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  • Books
    • Black Baseball's National Showcase UPDATED
    • Negro Leagues Book Vol 1
    • Negro Leagues Book Vol 2
    • Black Baseball's National Showcase
    • Baseball's First Colored World Series
    • Rube Foster in his Time
    • Black Baseball in . . .
  • Author/Home
    • Author's Bio
    • Experience & Education
    • Professional Memberships
  • NoirTech
    • Media Appearances
    • Research Contributions
    • Client List
  • Exhibits
    • Crowning Achievements
    • The HELP
    • Currency of Change
    • Black SITCOMS
  • Number 42
    • 42 Tribute
    • Why Jackie Robinson?
    • Honoring #42
    • 10 Highlights of 50th Anniv.
    • 50 Fast Facts on JR
  • Grave Markers
    • Sol White Dedication
  • Malloy Conference
    • Testimonials
    • Birmingham - 2022
    • Virtual - 2021
    • Harrisburg - 2017
    • Kansas City - 2016
    • Pittsburgh - 2015
    • Detroit - 2014
    • Newark - 2013
    • Cleveland - 2012
    • Indianapolis - 2011
    • Birmingham - 2010
    • Pittsburgh - 2009
    • Chicago - 2008
    • Portsmouth - 2007
    • Kansas City - 2006
    • Art Competition
  • Contact Us

Education & Experience

larry lester oak park il
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, with minors in Finance, Computer Science and Mathematics - Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri. More information can be found at LinkedIn
  • Fast-Trac New Venture Program by the Ewing Kauffman Foundation.
  • Effective Board Service – Partnerships in Policy, Strategy & Leadership by the Bloch School of Business & Public Administration, University of Missouri at Kansas City.
  • How to Assess Nonprofit Financial Performances by Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.
  • Mentoring the 100 Way by the 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
  • Several grant writing classes.
  • Certified Risk Management classes.
  • Certified Project Management with Information Technology (IT) training.

Author/Editor:
  • The Negro Leagues Book (1994)
Black America Series by Arcadia:
  • Black Baseball in Chicago (2000)
  • Black Baseball in Detroit (2000)
  • Black Baseball in Kansas City (2000)
  • Black Baseball in Pittsburgh (2001)
Other Books:
  • Black Baseball’s National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953  (2002) -The National Showcase was winner of The Sporting News-SABR Research Award & the Robert Peterson Recognition Award.  Also a finalist for the Casey award.
  • Baseball’s First Colored World Series (2006)
  • Rube Foster in his Time . . . (2012)
  • Black Baseball in New York City: An Illustrated History, 1885 - 1959 (2017)
  • Black Baseball's National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, Extended Version, 1933 - 1962 (2020)
  • The Negro Leagues Book, Volume 2: The Players, 1862 - 1960 (2020)

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: Senior Editor
  • Discover Greatness (yearbook) 1992-94 & 
  • Silhouettes (quarterly newsletter) 1990-95.
Society for American Baseball Research: Senior Editor
  • Negro Leagues Committee newsletter, The Courier, from 2006 to present. 
McFarland & Company: Associate Editor
  • Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, a peer-reviewed academic journal, from 2008 to present.
The National Pastime Museum at: http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/
  • Featured writer, from 2013 to 2016

Our Services

Research - Box Score Stats & Bios
Exhibits Design & Curatorial Services
Fact checking & Editing

Speakers Bureau
Freelance Writer
Appraisals of Memorabilia
Seminars & Workshops

NoirTech Research, Inc.

Larry Lester
P.O. Box 380146
Kansas City, MO 64138
816-589-7940 mobile
LarryLester42@gmail.com
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