In honor of Black History Month, we’re sharing information about the lives of some of the African-American people and groups who have made an impact in American history. There are many Black athletes ...
Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...
What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...
Latin-American baseball player. Popular with the ladies. Handsome. Funny. Strong dancer and great singer. May understudy a principal role. DEKE/ENSEMBLE (Late 20s-30s). Character is male. African ...
More than a third of Black NFL players who responded to questions from the AP about the state of Black head coaches around the league were discouraged or disappointed by the current numbers ...
An Associated Press survey of more than 65 Black players from 25 NFL teams found that about 36% were discouraged or ...
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2010. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
The theme was developed by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Black History Month has been around since 1926, and except for the first two years, each year features a ...
We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black ... they wanted me to consider being the player-manager in Appleton. My heart jumped." Danville had made Bernie Smith the first ...
“In 2025, we hope even more people will seize this opportunity to learn about the courage and talent of these players, who refused to let ... s only museum dedicated to preserving African American ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - The African American Parade Celebration in Shreveport will celebrate its 37th year on Saturday with a big parade. The theme is African Americans and Labor. It is the largest ...
Rob Herring was born in Cape Town and attended the prestigious South African College High School ... The Six Nations player told RugbyPass: “I had an amazing upbringing on the farm – that ...