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

The Suffolk and the Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force present the second installment of “Black History On Screen.” ...

As part of Black History Month, we spoke to members of our front office about what Black excellence means to them and how ...

February is Black History Month, and the first Tuesday of February is an occasion to celebrate National African American ...

ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...

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

The museum space is the former childhood home of Terry’s relative, Earnie Shavers, a heavyweight boxer best known for his hard-hitting punch. He grew up to become a champion fighter, brave enough to ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

to an American Methodist Episcopal minister and his wife in 1879, Foster became a baseball star, and as a young man gained the reputation as one of the hardest throwing pitchers in the state — Black ...

A version of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com in 2007. We present it again as Minor League Baseball celebrates ...