Pennsylvania has significant historical ties to Negro League baseball and is home to many prominent African American baseball players, even prior to the Negro League's formal organization in 1920.
 
In 1865, one of the first Negro baseball clubs was formed in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Phythians. For over a century and a half, Pennsylvania has been a shining example of how sports, specifically baseball, can be a place of inclusion.
 
The Negro League Family Alliance proposes May 2 as “National Negro League Day” in honor of the first Negro League game taking place on May 2, 1920.
 
Please join me in co-sponsoring a resolution that designates, May 2, 2026, as “Negro League Day” in Pennsylvania to remember the contributions African American baseball players made to the game of baseball and to recognize the significant impact the Negro League had on the civil rights movement across the nation.
 
Thank you for your consideration.