Wilt Chamberlain took the NBA by storm when he entered the league in the 1959-60 season. Not only did he lead the Philadelphia Warriors to the Eastern Division Finals, but he also dominated ...

The mural’s defacing galvanized the Overtown community, who called for more of a police presence around Dorsey Park, once home to the Negro Leagues’ Ethiopian Clowns.​ ...

Charles Burrell, the classical and jazz bass player and the first African-American member of a major American symphony, died ...

Jackie Robinson's on Wilt's decision to retire Robinson was the first Afro-American to play in the MLB. He broke the color line when he took the first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Dightman, widely known as the “Jackie Robinson of rodeo,” was the first Black cowboy to compete in the National Rodeo Finals.

Jackie Robinson mural vandalized at Miami’s Dorsey Park ... of the Overtown Business Association, said. “What you see behind me is not paint on the wall, it’s pain, ...

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 that enslaved African Americans, isolated in Texas, learned they had been freed. Some ...

President Donald Trump has used sports to burnish his image despite criticizing athletes for getting political, columnist ...

Mamie “Peanut” Johnson is one of only three female players to ever play in the Negro League. Shown here, Johnson being honored on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15, 2014.

It’s clear that the Dodgers, accused of a silence that amounted to betrayal, could no longer stay quiet.