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BALTIMORE ELITE GIANTS
1950 - 1951Westport Stadium
1949 - 1950Memorial Stadium
BIRMINGHAM BLACK BARONS
1937 - 1938, 1940 - 1954Rickwood Field
CHICAGO AMERICAN GIANTS
1940 - 1952Comiskey Park
1937 - 1940South Side Park (III)
CINCINNATI TIGERS
1937Crosley Field
CLEVELAND BUCKEYES
1943 - 1948, 1950League Park
1949Parkway Field (Louisville)
DETROIT STARS
1954Tiger Stadium
INDIANAPOLIS ABCs
1939Greenlawn Park
1938Ponce De Leon Park (Atlanta Black Crackers)
INDIANAPOLIS ATHLETICS
1937Greenlawn Park
INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS
1943 - 1954Greenlawn Park
1942 - 1945Crosley Field (Cincinnati)
1944Bush Stadium
INDIANAPOLIS CRAWFORDS
1940Bush Stadium
1939Swayne Field (Toledo)
JACKSONVILLE RED CAPS
1941 - 1942Red Cap Stadium
1939 - 1940League Park (Cleveland Bears)
1938Red Cap Stadium
KANSAS CITY MONARCHS
1937 - 1954Municipal Stadium
LOUISVILLE BLACK COLONELS
1954Parkway Field
MEMPHIS RED SOX
1937 - 1954Martin Park
NEW ORLEANS EAGLES
1951Pelican Stadium
1949 - 1950Buff Stadium (Houston Eagles)
NEW ORLEANS - ST. LOUIS STARS
1941Pelican Stadium (New Orleans)
1941Mounds Ballfield (Mounds, IL)
1939Stars Park (St. Louis)
1938Bush Stadium (Indianapolis ABCs)
1937Stars Park (St. Louis)
NEW YORK CUBANS
1949 - 1950Grove Street Oval (East Orange, NJ)
PHILADELPHIA STARS
1949 - 1952Penmar Park
1937DeQuindre Park (Detroit)

In 1937 two regional leagues appeared, the Negro National League, now in the east, and the Negro American League in the midwest. Both leagues did very well and had a rippling effect on the black economy boosting sales in black hotels, restaurants, and bars. This lasted until 1945 when the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson and the color barrier fell.

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