Civil Rights Game History

• • 2011: Phillies vs. Braves

  • Atlanta played host for the first time with an educational weekend culminating in a close Civil Rights Game won by the Braves .

• • 2010: Cardinals vs. Reds

  • Willie Mays, Billy Jean King and Harry Belafonte were recognized with MLB Beacon Awards during a moving Civil Rights weekend in Cincinnati.

• • 2009: White Sox vs. Reds

  • The prevailing theme at the 2009 Civil Rights Game weekend in Cincinnati was that the civil rights movement marches inexorably on.

• • 2008: Mets vs. White Sox

  • The second Civil Rights Game capped a weekend of events that celebrated the role baseball has played in the historical struggle for equal rights.

• • 2007: Cardinals vs. Indians

  • The inaugural Civil Rights Game and events were about memorializing a movement in which Major League Baseball had a significant role.