Today in Black History January 4th 2019

Andrew "rube" Foster organizes the first black baseball league, The Negro National League. January 4th 1920.

But Lets put on our history caps for this one!

The first “Colored Championship of the World” was held in 1903, with pitcher Rube Foster leading the Cuban X-Giants to victory over the Philadelphia Giants.

The Cuban Giants team was originally formed in 1885 at the Argyle Hotel, a summer resort in Babylon , New York. The team was so skilled in the game, and achieved victory over so many of the nearby amateur "white" teams that they attracted the attention of a promoter, Walter Cook. To appeal to a broader audience, Cook styled them the "Cuban Giants", although there were rarely (if ever) any Cubans on the Cuban Giants. The team remained one of the premier Negro league teams for nearly 20 years.

The team went on to become the "world colored champions" of 1887 and 1888, and spawned imitators.

So in short African Americans in Baseball Started on Long Island!