#  Crossing Borders: Jorge Pasquel and the History of Integrating Baseball 

 



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 **October 30, 2020** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

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 **Online only**  



 

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###  Crossing Borders:  
Jorge Pasquel and the History of Integrating Baseball

   ![Jorge Pasquel with Babe Ruth](/sites/g/files/omnuum8361/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/globalhistory/files/pasquel_babe_ruth.png?itok=mhgHn6uR) 

 

 Legendary Mexican baseball statesman Jorge Pasquel integrated the Mexican League in the early 1940s by recruiting from Negro league baseball, putting pressure on Major League baseball to integrate in 1947. This round table brings together a diverse group of practitioners and academics to discuss Jorge Pasquel and the intertwined stories of baseball integration in the U.S. and in Mexico.

 **Panelists**:  
**[Brenda Elsey](https://www.hofstra.edu/faculty/fac_profiles.cfm?id=417)**, Professor of History, Hofstra University  
**[Bob Kendrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kendrick)**, President, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum  
**Miguel Pasquel Sr.**, son of Mr. Jorge Pasquel  
**[Jon Morosi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Morosi)** , Sportswriter and reporter, MLB Network.

 Closing remarks: **[Sven Beckert](/people/sven-beckert),** Laird Bell Professor of History

 Moderator: **[Stephen Ortega](/people/stephen-ortega)**, Visiting Fellow, 2019-2021, WIGH; Associate Professor of History, Simmons College

 [Registration is required.](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uDyp_mU7SEerOK6gMHLJbg)

 *Photo credit: D.R. Intituto Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia, Mexico*



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Global Sports ](/projects/global-sports)
- [ Global Sports Initiative ](/events/global-sports-initiative)
 
 

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