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Rosenthal: How an independent league club rebranded itself the Kansas City Monarchs, the revered Negro Leagues team - The Athletic
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Jackie Robinson and the Decline of the Negro Leagues – Society for American Baseball Research
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Negro Leagues Tribute: Kansas City Monarchs
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Baseball Reference Adds Negro League Data In Record Books : NPR
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Kansas City independent-league team renamed Monarchs to honor Negro Leagues team
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MLB Includes Negro Leagues, Millennials' Financial Crises
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