Buck O’Neil, the beloved late Negro Leagues baseball and Kansas City icon, was officially enshrined on Sunday at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
The afternoon ceremony at the Hall of Fame included O’Neil’s presentation by his niece, Dr. Angela Terry. O’Neil died in October 2006 at the age of 94 after persevering through withering racism, helping found Kansas City’s signature Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and inspiring untold generations worldwide.
And now, even more will know of the triumph, grace and humility that helped define this giant of a man who became synonymous with Black baseball and the Kansas City Monarchs, yet never was boastful of, nor self-promoting in, his accomplishments.
