Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

"Spring training is the opportunity for families to unite," explained Traer Van Allen, general manager of the minor-league St ...

Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

Spring training is underway for Chicago's baseball teams, both of which have played significant roles in the history of ...

In celebration of Black History Month, Here and Now shines a spotlight on local museums that are documenting African American history, culture and the arts. First up, an update on the construction of ...

Other Negro Leagues renovations include Hamtramck Stadium near Detroit, at $2.6 million in 2022, and J.P. Small Memorial Park Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, ongoing but thus far costing $9.7 ...

Three score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we now stand, delivered, “I Have a Dream,” calling for an ...

King watched Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers play the New York Yankees in the World Series on a television at (minister Howard) Thurman’s house. Thurman spoke often of his 1935 trip to ...

Baseball was in his blood,” said his great-nephew, Ray Mackey III. “He and his siblings grew up playing ball on the sandlots ...

Even as the federal government attempts to downplay the significance of Black History Month, New York City will continue to ...