Andrew "Rube" Foster Launches What Became Known As The Negro Leagues In 1920 Rube Foster The Negro Leagues 1920 ...
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Cleats of stolen Jackie Robinson statue to be donated to Negro League Museum ...
The Suffolk and the Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force present the second installment of “Black History On Screen.” ...
Dodgers great Jackie ... Robinson -- a 27-year old World War II veteran -- led the Royals to what was called the “Junior World Series,” or “Little World Series." It pit two top minor league ...
A little more than a century after Jackie ... Robinson showed when the former Dodgers star permanently broke baseball's color barrier in 1947. As Robinson constructed an 11-season Hall of Fame career ...
Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog Hawaii Football Team, Dies at 98 HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson ... He watched Robinson become the first Black player on a Major League baseball team when editors sent ...