2024 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference highlights
The 24th annual SABR Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference was held from June 6-9, 2024, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
Click on a link below to watch a video replay of each session.
Thursday, June 6
RP01: Dan Nathan
Dan Nathan, “The Negro League Renaissance: Prelude to a Conversation”
(Link: YouTube)
RP02: Karl Lindholm
Karl Lindholm, “The Many Fronts of Baseball’s Integration: 1946”
(Link: YouTube)
RP03: Clem Hamilton
Clem Hamilton, “Roster Management and On-Field Success in the First Negro National League”
(Link: YouTube)
RP04: Keith Crook
Keith Crook, “Colonel Jacob Ruppert: Race Profiteer or Race Pioneer?”
(Link: YouTube)
RP05: Frank Harte
Frank Harte, “Thriving During the Depression: The Shared History of Black Baseball and Jazz in Kansas City during the 1930s”
(Link: YouTube)
Friday, June 7
RP06: Paul Julion
Paul Julion, “John Donaldson: Baseball Lifer”
(Link: YouTube)
RP07: Ted Knorr
Ted Knorr, “Rap Dixon for the Hall of Fame”
(Link: YouTube)
RP08: Tim Hagerty
Tim Hagerty, “Dick ‘Cannonball’ Redding”
(Link: YouTube)
RP09: Clarence Gordon Jr.
Clarence Gordon Jr., “Does Baseball Matter? An Examination of the Purported Decline in African American Participation in Baseball”
(Link: YouTube)
RP10: Alan Cohen
Alan Cohen, “Josh Gibson Blazes a Trail Through Big League Ballparks: 1930-1946”
(Link: YouTube)
RP11: Jon Volkmer
Jon Volkmer, “Gandy Dancers vs. Hornets, Pick-up Game of the Century”
(Link: YouTube)
RP12: Brian Sheehy
Brian Sheehy, “Bud Fowler in Massachusetts”
(Link: YouTube)
RP13: Alex Painter
Alex Painter, “Bud Fowler and the Overlooked 1902 Indianapolis Colored Baseball League”
(Link: YouTube)
RP14: Max Martinez Almenas
Max Martinez Almenas, “Legacy at Play: The Martinez Brothers’ Imprint on Baseball History”
(Link: YouTube)
RP15: JB Martin IV
JB Martin IV, “JB Martin and the Memphis Red Sox”
(Link: YouTube)
RP16: Mark Armour
Mark Armour, “The Long Road to Induct Satchel Paige”
(Link: YouTube)
RP17: Matt Jacob
Matt Jacob, “Downplaying Racism in 1938: How MLB Officials and Sportswriters Failed to Meet the Moment of Jake Powell’s Racial Slur”
(Link: YouTube)
Saturday, June 8
RP18: Paul Julion
Paul Julion, “Retire the Names, Install the Plaques, and Fly the Flags”
(Link: YouTube)
RP19: Lisa Doris Alexander
Lisa Doris Alexander, “Black Baseball in ‘A League of Their Own’ Series”
(Link: YouTube)
RP20: Missy Booker
Missy Booker, “You Don’t Have to Cry for Satchel Paige Today”
(Link: YouTube)
The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball Exhibit Panel
The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball Exhibit Panel, with Tom Shieber, Mary Quinn, and Cassidy Lent
(Link: YouTube)
RP21: Rich Puerzer
Rich Puerzer, “The Laughlin Negro League Baseball Card Sets”
(Link: YouTube)
RP22: Steven Greenes
Steven Greenes, “Negro League Baseball Cards and Memorabilia as a Roadmap to History”
(Link: YouTube)
RP23: Gary Gillette
Gary Gillette, “Midsummer Showcases in Black and White: Comparing East-West Games”
(Link: YouTube)
RP24: Larry McGill
Larry McGill, “Piecing Together the 1920 Kansas City Monarchs Season Using Newspapers.com”
(Link: YouTube)
RP25: Robert Fitzpatrick
Robert Fitzpatrick, “The 1929 Baltimore Black Sox”
(Link: YouTube)
Visit SABR.org/malloy to go back to the Malloy Conference page.