Press Releases/Media Coverage
2 Negro League baseball stars lying in unmarked graves honored with new headstones
May 13, 2024 KDKA-TV, CBS Pittsburgh
Honoring the Memories of Negro League Greats
July 13, 2023 Thomas Leturgey, The Valley Mirror
Grave marker unveiled to honor one of Pittsburgh’s pioneer Negro League baseball players
JULY 7, 2023 / KDKA / CBS PITTSBURGH / BY ROSS GUIDOTTI
Pittsburgh-area Negro Leagues baseball player graves marked in special ceremony
July 7, 2023 – 90.5 WESA | By Katie Blackley
July 7, 2023 – Steve Bohnel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Local initiative honoring memories of Black Pittsburgh baseball players
July 6, 2023 – KDKA-CBS News Pittsburgh
Josh Gibson Foundation to mark graves of Negro League players in Pittsburgh
July 6, 2023 – 90.5 WESA | By Priyanka Tewari, Doug Shugarts
A teacher’s quest to mark every Pittsburgh Negro League grave
February 7, 2023 – Matt Monagan, MLB.com
A teacher’s quest to mark every Pittsburgh Negro League grave
February 7, 2023, Matt Monagan, Stride in the News
Local group working to get headstones for unmarked graves of Pittsburgh Negro League players
December 12, 2022 – WPXI News Staff
Remembering Delaware County’s Black Baseball Players
October 27, 2022 – David Bjorkgren, Delco.Today
The Push to Keep Black Baseball Players’ Memories From Being Forgotten in Delco
October 21, 2022 – NBC Philadelphia 10
Group works to get headstones for unmarked graves of western Pa. Negro League baseball players
September 8, 2022 – Stride in the News
Group works to get headstones for unmarked graves of western Pa. Negro League baseball players
September 7, 2022 – Tom Garris, WTAE
Josh Gibson Foundation’s latest effort seeks to honor deceased Negro Leagues players
September 2, 2022 – Jason Mackey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Memorial service in Pittsburgh kicks off initiative to celebrate Negro League players.
August 12, 2022 – WPXI.com News Staff
How a Pittsburgh foundation is giving Negro League players overdue recognition.
August 10, 2022 – Sylvia Rhor Samaniego, Pittsburgh City Paper
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