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baseball league that operated for one season in 1946. The league fielded 11 teams in

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and

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List of teams (in alphabetical order)

* Cuney All Stars (1946) *Gilmer (1946) *Henderson (1946) *Jacksonville (1946) *Longview (1946) *Marshall (1946) * Paris Brown Sox (1946) * Sherman Bearcats (1946) *

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(1946) *Texarkana (1946) *Tyler (1946)

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Center for Negro League Research
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List of teams (in alphabetical order)

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