Synopsis: This Curriculum Unit aims to inform students about the historical origins of African Americans in baseball, while also exploring the more recent phenomenon in baseball about the lack of African American players in the league today. The Unit will begin with a broad overview of the influence of African Americans on the modern happenings of the game, studies of important players and teams from the Negro Leagues, while also focusing on systemic inequities within the game, which are limiting African American access to the sport at its highest levels. The Unit will conclude with students connecting struggles with redlining, urban renewal, and social injustices to reasons why African Americans had structural barriers to entry at the highest levels of baseball. The hope is that students will then chart a path forward to take informed action and take a stand against these injustices to impact change as it relates to African American involvement in baseball.