1927 NNL1 Season
League Note
The NNL split the season into two halves. Chicago won the first half, Birmingham won the second half. The teams met at the end of the season in a best-of-7 playoff series to determine the Champion.
The Negro National League and the Eastern Colored League faced each other in a Colored World Series at the end of the season to determine an overall champion.
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Jun 29, 1979
Historian Eugene C. Murdock interviewed several former baseball players that had been active in baseball in the 1920s and 1930s.
Discussion with Hall of Fame Negro Leaguer Jim "Cool Papa" Bell / Historian Eugene C. Murdock interviewed several former baseball players that had been active in baseball in the 1920s and 1930s. Murdock was chairman of the history department at Marietta College. The interviews were not professionally recorded, and the audio quality is variable.
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