A half-dozen Black hotel players are among 351 inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. They played in Palm Beach as part of the Florida Hotel League, also known as the Coconut League.

The Black Gold in Oil Town exhibit is sharing the history of black baseball teams, like the Tulsa Black Oilers and the T-Town Clowns, and how they overcame segregation and adversity.

While winning a Tony or Oscar award for lifetime achievement is high praise for stage and movie actors, the equivalent in pro baseball is an honor held by a half-dozen men who once regularly ...