How Negro Leaguers finally entered the Hall of Fame

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In 1977, the first Negro Leagues committee disbanded, and the duty of considering Negro Leaguers for the Hall of Fame fell to the Veterans committee. The rate at which Negro Leaguers gained enshrinement slowed to a crawl.

From 1978 through 1994, the only people with any connection to the Negro Leagues to enter the Hall of Fame were Willie Mays (1979), Rube Foster (1981), Hank Aaron (1982), and Ray Dandridge (1987).