NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM

CENTENNIAL ICON

AND

NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

LEGENDARY CATCHER

BIZ MACKEY

A baseball plaque with the name of major league and legend.

 

MLB

“Major League”

Centennial Press

Bag The "Before 42"

Biz Mackey

Centennial & Collector's

Commemorative Bust

A green background with the words before 4 2 written in black.

Vision

"Reimagining the Cultural & Social Impact of icons of the American pastime beyond borders"

The "BEFORE42" Cultural-Educational Awareness Initiative, Get Game, Catch The Legacy advances, and builds upon the rich heritage, historicity, and post-modern human rights challenges through the lens of Negro Leagues Baseball, aka; "Major League" and its Legends of the game, together with their sustaining cultural impact on the sport of baseball including future generations of every child and every community. 

BMFF's mission-driven vision  continues to perpetuate Biz Mackey's global legacy, iconic image and fortitude for upholding equality by fostering a collective heritage of unanimity and equal opportunities for every family with aspiring youth.

The Before42 Cultural-Educational Awareness Initiative, is further fostered through the lens of 'Major League' aka; Negro Leagues Baseball via educative exhibits, Catcher's camps, and clinics, geared toward families with youth in urban and under-represented communities,  while advocating the importance of early childhood literacy, and reading readiness as fundamental human-rights for success in every area of life.

BMFF consistently welcomes community partners, and corporate sponsorships in support of its educational initiatives which provides Baseball and related books, interactive learning games, including access to fundamental  educational  resources that help to improve literacy rates in youth. Sponsorships also support BMFF events that inspire interest in the sport of Baseball, providing additional educational and social awareness to families with youth in urban communities and schools. 

"Catching the Baseball-Buzz & Reading-Readiness with Biz!”

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A group of people sitting in the stands at a baseball game.
A man and child in front of a podium.
A man and two children in the stands at a baseball game.
Man pointing at a colorful sign on a white bus.
A group gathers indoors, listening to a person in a striped jersey.
Three men posing inside a large stadium with a camera capturing the moment.
Three young men in sports jerseys holding awards indoors.