Retired Red Sox first baseman Mo Vaughn joins sports journalist Howard Bryant, Red Sox Vice President/Club Counsel Elaine Steward and the Negro Leagues Museum head Curator Dr. Raymond Doswell to talk about where we are 100 years after the founding of the segregated Negro Leagues. Crystal Haynes, Emmy award winning journalist for Boston 25 News, moderates this discussion. The Boston Red Sox and the Museum of African American History co-present this conversation produced by GBH Forum Network. ## Resources Learn more about the Jackie Robinson Foundation: https://www.jackierobinson.org/about/ Learn more about the Red Sox Foundation: https://www.redsoxfoundation.org/ Mo Vaughn’s MVP clothing collection: https://mvpcollections.com/ Mo Vaughn’s real estate ventures in affordable housing: http://www.onyllc.com/ Raymond Doswell’s blog “Hungry for Knowledge” https://raydoswell.wordpress.com/ More about the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum https://nlbm.com/visit-nlbm/ Find all of Howard Bryant’s books on his website: https://howardbryantbooks.com/ ### Articles ['Basic Black' Looks Back: The 100th Anniversary Of The Negro Baseball League](https://www.wgbh.org/programs/2021/02/01/basic-black-looks-back-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-negro-baseball-league) [Country Music Royalty: 10 Things I Learned Watching American Masters' 'Charley Pride: I’m Just Me'](https://www.wgbh.org/programs/2020/12/03/country-music-royalty-10-things-i-learned-watching-american-masters-charley-pride-im-just-me) by WGBH’s Meghan Smith ["MLB can add Negro Leagues to official records but can never change what it did to Black players"](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30540089/mlb-add-negro-leagues-official-records-never-change-did-black-players) by Howard Bryant ["The exile of Oakland A's Bruce Maxwell and the birth of MLB's Black player movement"](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29414410/the-exile-oakland-bruce-maxwell-birth-mlb-black-player-movement) by Howard Bryant [“Red Sox exec Steward paved unique path: Longtime front-office staffer became first African-American woman in her position”](https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-exec-elaine-steward-paved-unique-path-c216802366) Photo: 1924 Negro League World Series (public domain)
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