Help us reclaim Dayton’s negro league heritage!
On the 101st anniversary of opening day to the inaugural negro league season, help us celebrate the Dayton Marcos' legacy.

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On the 101st anniversary of opening day to the inaugural negro league season, help us celebrate the Dayton Marcos' legacy.
Celebrating The Dayton Marcos!
The Dayton Marcos were one of the original eight teams of the “Negro National League” in 1920, and were a regular in semi-pro competition around Dayton and with other teams in negro league baseball.
The money we raise will go 100% into paying local black artists to create art honoring the Marcos, as well produce other items meant to grow our area's knowledge and understanding of the team.
We see the project as a catalyst to elevate the Marcos into the ethos of our city, and foster an appreciation for a team that played here over three decades.
The Marcos included some of the best players to ever play the game, including MLB Hall of Famer, Ray Brown, and the all-time winningest manager in negro league baseball, “Candy” Jim Taylor.
Your funds will support:
Ohio Historical Marker
A historical marker on the corner of James H. McGee and Rosedale representing where Westwood Field, the home of the Marcos, once stood.
Two Reproduction Jerseys
We will reproduce two new jerseys the Marcos wore, that we have no knowledge of ever being reproduced.
Art
- “Opening Day Parade”
- “Make it Rain”
- Ray Brown
- Candy Jim Taylor
- William Sloan
Additional Funds
Any funds raised in excess of the goal amount will go towards the stretch goal of a public art mural of Ray Brown, who not only was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame, but worked in Dayton at Sunshine Biscuit company after his career, and is laid to rest in Dayton’s Greenfield Cemetery.