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On July 14, 1887, the high-minor International League voted to ban the signing of new contracts with black players. By a 6-to-4 vote, the league's entirely white teams voted in favor and those with at least one black player voted in the negative.
WE BELONG HERE PROJECT
The #WEBELONGHERE! Project is an ongoing initiative by the creators of Make Baseball Black Again that began in May 2020, marking the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues. We aim to reframe the Industry of baseball history by displaying the consequences of assimilation as well as the contributions of black owned leagues and businesses at the very center of America's Pastime.
The Philadelphia Pythians (also Pythian Base Ball Club) was one of the earliest Negro league baseball clubs, founded in 1865. Leaders Jacob C. White Jr. and Octavius V. Catto established the team. 2 years after the Civil War ended, in 1867, the Pennsylvania State Convention of Baseball, denied the "Pythian Base Ball Club" out of Philadelphia.
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