Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is now a stop on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

The trail, which follows key moments and locations in the Civil Rights movement across the United States, also stops in Independence and St. Louis on its way to Kansas City.
The national Civil Rights Trail now runs through Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

Kansas City will be the third stop in Missouri for the trail, which follows key moments and locations in the Civil Rights movement across the United States.

Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, says the recognition speaks to the sport’s contributions to social justice.

“We certainly make the case that Jackie's (Robinson) breaking of the color barrier wasn't just a part of the Civil Rights Movement, that it was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement,” he says.