Early registration is now open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on June 6-9, 2024, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before May 24, along with a new virtual registration option. All panels and presentations held at the Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater on Friday and Saturday will be available on the Zoom livestream.
In-person attendees will also have an opportunity to view the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit, The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball, which will spotlight the decades-long history of Black baseball prior to the formation of the Negro Leagues, through the complexities of baseball’s re-integration, to the challenges that remain today, revealing the deep connections between baseball and Black America. Click here to learn more about the exhibit at BaseballHall.org.
- Register: Click here to register online for the 2024 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $160 before May 24, $185 afterward. Virtual registration (via Zoom) is $75. Students: $50 before May 24, $65 afterward. Single-day registration is also available for $70 for Friday or Saturday before May 24; $90 afterward. Extra tickets can be purchased for Thursday’s “meet and greet” reception at the Hall of Fame Plaque Gallery or Saturday’s awards banquet at the Farmers’ Museum. All of these sessions are included in the full registration package.
- Hotel: Attendees are encouraged to visit WeAreCooperstown.com for a list of suggested lodging near the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Schedule: Click here to view the 2024 Malloy Conference schedule.
- Information Packet: Click here to download the conference information packet (PDF)
- Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, learn more or apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2024 Malloy Conference. Deadline: April 5, 2024.
- Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.
About the Conference
The Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference promotes activities to enhance scholarly, educational, and literary objectives. Since 1998, the event has been the only symposium dedicated exclusively to the examination and promotion of Black baseball history. The conference is open to baseball and history fans of all ages.
Each year, monies are targeted to donate books to schools or libraries; raise funds for the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project; and award scholarships to high school seniors in a nationwide essay contest and an annual art contest. The Negro Leagues Committee is one of SABR’s original committees, formed in 1971. It has continued to preserve and highlight the contributions of African-American players in baseball history.
The committee published the landmark The Negro Leagues Book in 1994, which featured a complete register of more than 3,000 players, team rosters and in-depth histories from leagues of the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth.
Yoseloff Scholarship
With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to 4 scholarships to high school or college students to attend the 2024 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Cooperstown, New York. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250. Deadline to apply: April 5, 2024.
Students must be currently enrolled in a high school, college undergraduate or graduate program, and be between 18 and 29 years of age at the time of the conference. Click here to download an application or learn more.
Essay Contest
SABR’s Negro Leagues Research Committee is pleased to award $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors in its 16th annual Thomas R. Garrett Scholarship essay contest in 2024. Deadline to apply: April 15, 2024.
The contest is open to high school seniors and carrying a minimum GPA of 2.5 at the end of their junior year. Students have to write a 1,200-word essay answering a question related to one of the Negro League figures who are the namesakes of the scholarships. Click here to download an application or learn more.
Art Contest
The 14th annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Art Contest is open to all artists in 2024, with the theme of “Untold Stories of Black Baseball.” Art from the winners will be on display at an upcoming Jerry Malloy Conference. The winning entry in the professional and amateur categories will receive a $150 prize and a certificate from the conference. The youth winner will receive a set of art supplies. Photos of the art will also be included in an upcoming issue of Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, published by McFarland & Co. Questions can be directed to Leslie Heaphy (Lheaphy@kent.edu).
Entry fee: $30 for every 3 images (professionals and amateurs). Deadline to submit: August 1, 2024. Click here to download an application form.
Youth Art Contest entry fee: $10 for every 3 images. Deadline to submit: September 13, 2024. Click here to download the Youth Art Contest application form.
Dick Clark Memorial Library Grants
SABR’s Negro Leagues Research Committee will award two $500 Dick Clark Memorial Library Grants for 2024. School and community libraries from across the country are invited to submit grant proposals centering on educating students and the community about black baseball and American history. For questions, please contact Leslie Heaphy (Lheaphy@kent.edu). Stay tuned for more details on the 2024 application form.