The Ocean County Library hosts “The History of Black Baseball,” presented by baseball enthusiast David Shuffler, at the Little Egg Harbor branch on Thursday, March 5 at 2 p.m. and the Barnegat branch on Wednesday, March 25 at 2:30 p.m.

According to Shuffler, the history of Black baseball is the history of Black America and, by proxy, the history of America. Segregation-era baseball was a bedrock of the Black community, and its end was a pivotal moment in American history.