Negro League Baseball

Sixty years after his death, the Village of Alger in west central Ohio is memorializing the famous Black baseball player. But the effort created controversy.

Ohio Hall of Famer Ray Brown was a legendary pitcher in the Negro Leagues. But until recently, he was all but forgotten in his hometown.

The stories and statistics of up to 300 baseball players who played in the Negro Leagues in Ohio are now part of Major League Baseball records.