It is often stated that less than 10% of MLB players are African-Americans and that is considered a problem.


Did you know that less than 6% of NCAA Division I baseball players are African-Americans?

Did you know that 60% of African-American males will not graduate from high school within the Atlanta Public School System?

L.E.A.D. creates positive outcomes for inner city at risk minority youth by leveraging the relationship between education, athletics and service. We are using baseball to transform Atlanta through our L.E.A.D. Ambassadors. 

Meet our L.E.A.D. Ambassador of the Month Nick Marigny. Nick is an age 19 senior at Jackson State University. He is an example of the commitment of L.E.A.D. to transform Atlanta.  Nick has been a L.E.A.D. Ambassador since 2009.

L.E.A.D. is the solution and we appreciate your continued support of our mission.

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My morning started off amazing at my church Elizabeth Baptist Church.  Under the leadership of Dr. Craig L. Oliver, we are being spiritually fed by the Kingdom Man series by Dr. Tony Evans.

My wife Kelli, Sam Crenshaw (WXIA) and I with our 2013 L.E.A.D. Ambassadors graduating class at Georgia Public Broadcasting

In 2012 with the approval of Atlanta Public Schools Office of Athletics, L.E.A.D. was able to name the baseball field at Booker T. Washington High School The Moore-Clendenon Baseball Field. This recognition was in honor of James “Red” Moore (Atlanta Black Crackers) and Donn Clendenon (NY Mets), both graduates of Booker T. Washington High School.

C.J. Stewart’s youth through college coaches along with James “Red” Moore

After graduating from Washington High School in 1933, Mr. Moore went on to have an All-Star baseball career in the Negro Leagues for the Newark Bears, Atlanta Black Crackers, Baltimore Elite Giants and the Indianapolis ABC’s.  Mr. Clendenon was the Major League Baseball World Series MVP in 1969 with the New York Mets.

Mr. Donn Clendenon

Booker T. Washington High School is also known for another famous alum by the name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was a member of a team of men that convinced Mr. Clendenon to stay home and attend Morehouse College instead of attending UCLA.

Eighty years after James “Red” Moore graduated from high school at Booker T. Washington High School, competitive baseball is being played for the purpose of launching educational opportunities. Through a partnership with Atlanta Public Schools, L.E.A.D. is able to use the Washington High School baseball field to deliver year round programming that focuses on excellence in education, athletics, community service/civic engagement and exposure.  L.E.A.D.’s mission is to create positive outcomes for inner city, at-risk, minority youth by leveraging the relationship between education, athletics and service.

To date, 60% of African-Americans in the inner city of Atlanta will not graduate from high school.  Since 2007, 100% of L.E.A.D. Ambassadors have graduated from high school and 100% of them have enrolled into college. 92% of L.E.A.D. Ambassadors have enrolled into college with scholarship opportunities.

There are a lot of great people that have worked tirelessly to make Atlanta one of the best communities in the world. Their efforts have resulted in some of the world’s most influential businesses and ideas calling Atlanta home and a lot of them were birthed here: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coca-Cola, the Civil Rights Movement, CNN. One of those great persons is Kim King. 

The Kim King Foundation has been a supporter of L.E.A.D.’s Middle School Character Development League for over a year by adopting Mr. King’s alma mater Joseph E. Brown High School into our Middle School Character Development League.

Angela King sharing Kim King’s 1960 year book with with J. Brown Middle School Character Development League LEADers on their Signing Day 2013

The Kim King Foundation has continued to bless Atlanta Public Schools and L.E.A.D. by renovating the baseball field at Moore-Clendenon Field. Our new field will allow us to

• provide more effective baseball training to our Ambassadors by L.E.A.D. coaches
• provide opportunities to attract competitive teams throughout the country
• provide opportunities to attract college baseball scouts

Field renovation by Joseph Peters of Laser Turf SE.  Photo

I have been a proud Rotarian for four years. I became a member under the leadership of Khaatim S. El. 

Atlanta’s West End has historically been fertile ground where ideas and leaders take root and branch out to change the social environment. That history is reflected in the membership of the Rotary Club of Atlanta West End. We are diverse, young and old, male and female, from diverse racial, ethnic, religious and geographic back grounds.

The Rotary Club of Atlanta West End is living, breathing proof that fellowship flourishes when we seek our common humanity and celebrate our differences.

The Rotary Club of Atlanta West End continues to be a faithful supporter of L.E.A.D.’s year round programming.

In early June, our club sponsored L.E.A.D. Ambassador Earl Muhammad (Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta Public Schools) for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA).

L.E.A.D. Ambassador Earl Muhammad (Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta Public Schools) attending R.Y.L.A.

Lebron James has done it again. He predicted multiple championships in Miami and two rings are a sign of what’s to come. 

As he held the championship trophy in his hands, he talked about being raised in the inner city of Akron, Ohio and how he feels blessed to walk into the arena to see “James” on the back of his jersey.