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Black history taught during Juneteenth Freedom Walk in Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun· 3 days ago"It is one of our premier events," said Zeriah Folston, director of the Office of Equity and...
Mayor Brandon Johnson launches task force on reparations for Black Chicagoans
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoMayor Brandon Johnson launched a task force Monday to examine implementing a reparations program for...
Willie Mays was supposed to be honored at a Negro League tribute game. The event takes on new...
ABC17 NEWS· 19 minutes agoMays, the electrifying Hall of Famer who mastered all facets of the game and whose remarkable catch in the 1954 World Series still captivates, died Tuesday at 93. A day earlier he told the San ...
Willie Mays, one of baseball's all-time greats, dies at age 93
CBS News via Yahoo Sports· 18 hours ago"Willie Mays took his all-around brilliance from the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American...
Local veterans group to honor Black veterans on Juneteenth
KOMU Columbia· 17 hours agoThe United States Exercise Tiger Foundation is set to honor Black veterans and those who died in...
Timeline of Willie Mays' legendary baseball career
NBC Sports BayArea via Yahoo Sports· 17 hours ago...hit, off Oakland’s Rollie Fingers, Game 2 of World Series. 1979 — Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in first year of eligibility. 1979 — Banned from...
Tipsheet: Tributes pour in for Willie Mays, one of baseball's historic figures
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 11 hours agoThe game was originally scheduled with the hope that Mays, who played for the Birmingham Black...
Black history museum would be built in Tampa historic church
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Tampa Housing Authority and the Tampa Bay History Center announced on Monday a joint effort to...
Rickwood Field welcomes MLB
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 3 hours agoGerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through stalks of corn onto an Iowa field in 2021, near the filming...
Willie Mays dies at 93: Barry Bonds, Keith Hernandez and baseball community react to Hall of Famer's...
CBS Sports· 13 hours ago"All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a...
