In honor of Black History Month, we’re sharing information about the lives of some of the African-American people and groups who have made an impact in American history. There are many Black athletes ...

In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

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, ...

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

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.” ...

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

Baseball history changed forever with Jackie Robinson. Honored in McDonald's Faces of Black History 2025 live on the 360Wise.

An Associated Press survey of more than 65 Black players from 25 NFL teams found that about 36% were discouraged or ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

The theme was developed by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Black History Month has been around since 1926, and except for the first two years, each year features a ...

Rob Herring was born in Cape Town and attended the prestigious South African College High School ... The Six Nations player told RugbyPass: “I had an amazing upbringing on the farm – that ...