Negro Leaguers meet with President Barack Obama on August 5
SABR members Larry Lester and Larry Hogan were among a group of Negro Leagues historians and players who attended a meet-and-greet with President Barack Obama on Monday, August 5 at the White House in Washington, D.C.
The event was led by organizer Andrea McCoy-Carty of the Judy Johnson Memorial Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Wilmington, Delaware.
Lester is the co-chair of SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee and the author or editor of many articles and books about the Negro Leagues, including: SABR’s The Negro Leagues Book; Black Baseball’s National Showcase: The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953; the Black Baseball series for Arcadia Publishing (Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Chicago and Detroit); Baseball’s First Colored World Series; and Rube Foster In His Time.
The players invited include: Mrs. Leon Day, Minnie Forbes (owner), Mamie Johnson, Cliff Layton, Larry LeGrande, Carl Long, Minnie Minoso, James “Red” Moore, Jim Robinson, Bob Scott, Pedro Sierra, Mrs. Bert Simmons and Ron Teasley.
To learn more about the SABR Negro Leagues Research Committee, click here.
Originally published: August 1, 2013. Last Updated: August 1, 2013.