In the feature article “collective Identity and Basketball: An Explanation for The Decreasing Number of African-Americans on American’s Baseball Diamonds, by David C. Ogden and Michael L. Hilt who studied Ph.D. in Department of Communication in University of Nebraska at Omaha. They illustrate several reasons why the number of African-American who playing baseball and going to MLB ball parks has been dropped instead of a popularity of basketball has been bigger. After the introduction, they stated to explain how baseball for African-American was changed based on history and their culture. In the first half of 20th century, baseball was so popular, because they used to have their own leagues called Negro league and were able to create their styles
