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For the fifth consecutive year, the Negro League Baseball Museum will have free admission in the month of February in honor of Black History Month, thanks to the Kansas City Royals Foundation. Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, also said that this Friday, the NLBM will unveil the updated renderings for its new museum and campus being built. Friday marks the 106th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, which were founded in Kansas City on Feb. 13, 1920. “This impactful commu