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Negro-League Players Don’t Belong in the MLB Record Books
The Atlantic· 4 days agoWhat makes the achievement particularly unusual is that Gibson has been dead since 1947. Gibson’s...
Former Negro League players honored by Lookouts, Bessie Smith Hall - WDEF
WDEF Chattanooga· 2 days agoEAST RIDGE, Tenn. (WDEF)- The Chattanooga Lookouts and Bessie Smith Hall have teamed up to honor...
Nashville natives take place among baseball's statistical greats
Axios· 6 days agoWhen Major League Baseball added the accomplishments of Negro League players to its official...
‘Road to Rickwood’: Don’t Fight Back
Birmingham News· 5 days agoIn the third episode in the “Road to Rickwood” podcast series, the show continues with the peak of segregation in Birmingham during the 1960s, and how it...
'Satchel' recalls the iconic pitcher who helped integrate Major League Baseball
WUNC Chapel Hill· 3 days agoHall of Famer Satchel Paige started his career pitching in the Negro leagues and later became a major league star. Author Larry Tye tells his story in Satchel. Originally broadcast in 2010.
Youngstown man who played pro baseball in the ’50s hopes MLB will recognize his stats
WKBN 27 Youngstown· 6 days agoBaseball took a big step about two weeks ago to accept statistics from what was called the Negro...
Johnson: Condoleezza Rice recalls 'playing' at Rickwood, mom and Willie Mays
Birmingham News· 2 days agoCondoleezza Rice once played at Rickwood Field. “I was, like, seven,” Rice is remembering, “and it...
The Truth Behind Claims Black People Couldn't Buy Vanilla Ice Cream Under Jim Crow
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe same post connected Black people's love of butter pecan ice cream as having grown out of...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoUCLA historian Vinay Lal remembers speaking alongside the Rev. James Lawson during a panel...
COMMENTARY: Embracing baseball history
The Times and Democrat· 6 days agoJosh Gibson holds the MLB single-season batting average record at .446, played for Homestead Grays in 1943. MLB now recognizes Negro Leagues' statistics.
