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- EIN 75-3141338
- 2403531748
- 1506 Pebble Beach Dr Mitchellville MD 20721 USA
- http://www.nllhof.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, History Museums
Mission: The vision of the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame is to educate the young and old about the contributions of the Colored Professional League and the Negro leagues in American Baseball history. There were over 3,000 players that played from the 1900’s to the early 1960’s. They were the pioneers in a league of some of the greatest players to play the game of baseball. Segregation kept them from playing in the white major leagues until Jackie Robinson officially broke the color barrier in the modern era.
Results: Some of the HIGHLIGHTED Events: 10/2015 “STOP the Bulling” Former Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon to visit Prince George’s County school students, both boys & girls basketball teams from Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. H.S. and Frederick Douglas H.S. to have a in-depth conversation with him and had lunch at our community partner Safeway. Media coverage: NEWS ONE, WUSA, FOX, NBC, RADIO ONE, Afro-American Newspaper, etc. 04/2017 Capital Area Food Bank partner and volunteers joined together to raise the awareness of our students and senior citizens not having daily meals that live in Prince George’s County. We raised $3,700 dollars equal to 9,250 meals, each 1 equals 2.5 meals, and the collective efforts of food collected was 2,956 lbs for a total of 11,713 meals for students, seniors and families in Prince George’s County. 08/2017 Prince George’s County Schools partner/sponsor for the “Back to School Fair” and back-pack for our students the goal was exceeded to 11,000 back packs collected. The event included an auto/showcase for the parents and students also received 5,000 baseball game tickets that were donated to the school system. Including Dr. Maxwell was one of our guest participants in the “First Pitch” ceremony along with the founder of Negro National League Andrew “Rube” Foster descendant, the daughter of Heavy Weight Champion Boxer Joe “Lewis” Barrow’s daughter.
Target demographics: prevent reading illiteracy ...
Direct beneficiaries per year: 3,000 plus Youth Organizations, Military Veterans/Active families,Community Organizations ...
Geographic areas served: Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia
Programs: Our highlighted program is our Reading About our Community History