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