During his career, Eddie G.G. Burton barnstormed across the country with such all-stars as Satchel Paige, Minnie Miñoso and ...
Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.
The bronze cleats that were cut from a Jackie Robinson statue last month will be donated to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
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, ...
The state of Michigan has a rich history in Black baseball. From Detroit to Ann Arbor to our very own Albion, Black ...
BUZZ MAGAZINE The Negro Leagues have only recently received their due in baseball history, as their story, in a time when ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...
If Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson wanted to live comfortably in the white major leagues and Negro Leagues, respectively, then baseball might still be segregated. But they were not satisfied, and ...
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 ...
The stories surrounding Jackie Robinson's journey as he broke baseball's color barrier ... affiliated baseball team in the ...
He was the last link to the Dodgers team that made baseball history when Jackie Robinson became the first Black player to suit up for a National or American League team in the 20th century.