2027 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference
August 4–8, 2027
Sheraton Birmingham Hotel
2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Next summer in Birmingham, Alabama, the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference will be held as part of SABR’s 55th annual convention on August 4–8, 2027. Registration for SABR 55 will include admission to the Malloy Conference, giving attendees a special opportunity to engage with enhanced programming on the past, present, and future of Black baseball in a historic setting.
Registration information for SABR 55, along with our special room block at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, will be available at SABR.org/convention and SABR.org/malloy in early 2027. The combined conference is open to all baseball fans.
Birmingham is home to Rickwood Field, the oldest professional baseball park in the United States, along with the Negro Southern League Museum and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Tours of each site will be included with SABR 55 registration.
SABR 55 will include unique Malloy Conference programming, featured speakers from around the baseball world, plus innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations and poster presentations, committee meetings, ballgames, trivia contest, and most of all, the opportunity to make and renew baseball friendships over the course of this exciting and memorable event.
The SABR 55 convention logo and 2027 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference logo were created by acclaimed sports graphic designer and SABR member Todd Radom.
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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 annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference.
This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250. 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.
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Essay Contest
SABR’s Negro Leagues Research Committee is pleased to award $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors in its 18th annual Thomas R. Garrett Scholarship essay contest in 2027.
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.
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Art Contest
The 18th annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Art Contest is open to all artists in 2027. 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.
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Dick Clark Memorial Library Grants
SABR’s Negro Leagues Research Committee will award two $500 Dick Clark Memorial Library Grants for 2027. 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.
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