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The Showcase African American
2012
Overview
Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis convened a historic meeting at the Hotel Roosevelt on December 3, 1943, between the Major League Baseball club owners and the publishers of eight leading African American newspapers. Heretofore, African American newspapers had waged an unsuccessful campaign to force Major League Baseball to allow African Americans to compete for positions on Major League teams. One of the newspapers’ most ardent protesters, Sam Lacy of thePittsburgh Courier,convinced the commissioner to grant the African American press an extensive audience after years of being rebuffed.
Why did Commissioner Landis agree to the meeting? There is no evidence
