What prompted Steve to share it with me was its cover, the only periodical known to have featured Josh Gibson, the premier ...

Gibson was a star of the Negro Leagues, a branch of American baseball that originated in the early 1900s and is now regaining ...

(Yes—I’m a Yankees fan ... were also barred from competing in the Negro Leagues and feared reprisals. Now, similar forces seek to bar Black women’s access to competition with white men ...

Even diehard baseball fans might not be aware of Rube Foster, “the father of black baseball.” He was a pitcher, manager, and executive who created the Negro National League. According to the ...

The game and the exhibit bring an awareness about the history of black baseball.” Officially called “The Hall of Fame East-West Classic: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues All-Star Game ...

This is the third in a series of articles about Rickwood Field and MLB’s Salute to the Negro Leagues, which was held ... and understand the score of being Black in the United States in the ...