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Dedicated September 26, 2004
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois
          John “Jimmie” Crutchfield, died in 1993
          John Wesley Donaldson, died in 1970
          James Allen “Candy Jim” Taylor, died in 1948

Dedicated June 18, 2005
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois
          Robert Garrett (umpire), died in 1997
          Theodore “Ted, High pockets” Trent, died in 1944
          Daniel Gardner Burley (sportswriter), died in 1962
          Guy C. Ousley, died in 1964
          William James “Jack” Marshall, died in 1990
          Roosevelt “Rosey” Davis, died in 1968
          Paul James Hardy, died in 1979
          Othello Strong, died in 1986

Dedicated May 6, 2007
Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Illinois
          Jonathan Boyce “Steel Arm” Taylor, died in 1956, Donations organized by Pekin Illinois Coalition for Equality

Installed in June, 2008
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois
          Franklin L. Mann, died in 1965
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
          Lester Lockett, died in 2005

Installed in July 2009
Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
          Sam Bankhead, died in 1976
          Robert Gaston, died in 2000
          Gable Patterson, died in 1991

Purchased April 2009
Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Missouri
          William Miller “Bill” Gatewood, died in 1962
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois
          William “Bobby” Robinson, died in 2002

Installed in 2010
East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton, NJ
          Frank Grant, died in 1937
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
          James "Sap" Ivory, died in 2008

Dedicated, June 2011
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
          Carroll Ray “Dink” Mothell, died in 1980

Installed in 2012
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
          Bruce Petway, died in 1941
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
          Walter Ball, died in 1946
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island, NY
          Solomon White, died in 1955, Dedicated May 10, 2014

Installed in 2013
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL
          Pete Hill, died in 1951
Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
          Ted Page, died in 1984, Dedication August 17, 2013
Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
          William Binga, died in 1950, Dedicated June 28, 2014, donated by David Winfield & San Diego Padres Foundation
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
          Olivia Taylor (Mrs. C.I. Taylor), died in 1935, Headstone donated by The Center for African American Genealogical Research, of Fredericksburg, VA

Installed in 2014
Lakeside Cemetery, Hamburg, NY
            Grant "Home Run" Johnson, died in 1963, Dedicated June 24, 2014, Funding efforts led by Henry W. Henry, Jr.

Installed in 2015
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
          Ted Strong, died in 1978
          Billy Francis, died in 1942

Installed in 2016
Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, NJ
        Clarence E. "Waxey" Williams, died in 1934
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Topeka, KS
        John Thomas "Topeka Jack" Johnson, died in 1940
Union Cemetery, Steubenville, OH
        Welday Wilberforce Walker, died in 1937
Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, MI
        Gus Brooks, died in 1895

    Future Candidates:

• Fred Goree -  Lincoln Cemetery, Alsip IL, killed in St. Louis in 1925
• https://shadowballexpress.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/negro-league-baseball-fred-goree-and-the-negro-league-baseball-grave-marker-project/
• Gus Brooks - Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, MI, died in 1895
• Henry Bridgewater - St. Peter's Cemetery, St. Louis, MO, died in 1904
• S.K. Govern - Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, PA, died in 1924
• W.G. Sloan - Woodlawn Cemetery, Dayton, OH, died in 1931
• Elias "Country Brown" Bryant - Frederick Douglass Cemetery, Staten Island, NY, died in 1937
• Charles Mills - St Peter’s Cemetery, St Louis, MO, died in 1944
• William Joseph McMurray, - Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI, died in 1945
• Sherman Barton -  Mount Glenwood Cemetery, Chicago IL, died in 1947
• Sellers McKee Hall - Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA, died in 1951
• Tullie McAdoo - Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL, died in 1961
• William "Dizzy" Dismukes - Mount Hope Cemetery, Youngstown, OH, died in 1961
• Dave Malarcher - St. James United Methodist Cemetery, Convent, LA, died in 1982
• Joe Barnes - Mount Glenwood Cemetery, Chicago IL, died in 1995
• Connie Morgan - Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA, died in 1996
• Cowan Bubba Hyde -  St. Peter’s Cemetery, St Louis, MO, died in 2003
• Sam Lacy - Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, MD, died in 2003
• Cecil Kaiser - Detroit Memorial Park West cemetery, Redford, Michigan, died in 2011
• Danny McClellan - Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, PA, died in 1931
• Bert Wakefield - Mount Olive Cemetery, Troy, KS, died in ?? (from Mark Eberle)

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