The Parthenon · Apr 13, 2023
Charles Hill Moffat Lecture Discusses Black Baseball History
The Negro Leagues are an integral part of American sports history, according to a professor and baseball scholar.
The Charles Hill Moffat Lecture is an annual event hosted by Marshall’s history department, in honor of the late Dr. Moffat, a professor of history. This year’s Moffat Lecture, entitled “A Journey Through the Negro Leagues,” discussed the history behind America’s Black baseball league.
Dr. Leslie Heaphy, a professor of history at Kent University at Stark, spoke at the lecture. Heaphy is a baseball scholar as well as an author and editor of many books and articles, including Black Ball, the only Black baseball history journal.