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

The group of Royal Giants, all of which were Black all-stars, were set to embark on a barnstorming baseball tour in 1927. They were the first African-American baseball players to play in Japan.

Allen will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27. Being included in the fraternity of ...

At the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown, the history of black baseball is on display. There are ...

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

Jackie Robinson, a six-time World Series Champion for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the first African American man to play in Major League Baseball. Jackie was not just one of the best baseball players ...

Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball ..

Major League Baseball lost not only one of the greatest players of all time, but a trailblazer who was the first African-American to manage a big league team. • Frank had many layers beneath tough ...

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 ...

He watched Robinson become the first Black player on a Major League baseball team when editors ... of decency and dignity and fair play and the American promise,” Becker said.