Negro League Survivors

In Atlantic City today, an extraordinary event is taking place. Eleven surviving members of the Negro Leagues will gather for Pop Lloyd weekend.

As Jerry Izenberg of the Newark Star Ledger writes, “They will come to Atlantic City Friday, 11 of them … barely enough survivors to form a baseball team … but more than enough in spirit to preserve a trust fund of evergreen memories … memories of a time when no amount of bigotry could rob them of who they were and what they did.”

A poetic tribute to a great era in sports.