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The Power of Our Songs: Black Music As Resistance
BET.com· 3 days agoArguably, no other art form captures the essence of the resistance of Black people quite like music. Every genre that was created by Black people such as...
Legacy of the Negro Leagues to live on during MLB game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham
USA Today· 4 days agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. − This is where Willie Mays was born, raised and launched his Hall of Fame baseball...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
ABC News· 5 days agoAlong with a new arrangement of saxophonist John Coltrane’s “Alabama,” which pays homage to the four...
Reggie Jackson on playing in segregated Birmingham in 1967: 'I wouldn’t wish it on anybody'
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoReggie Jackson is a member of the Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame. Before he became a five-time World...
Why SF Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski ‘had to introduce myself’ to ex-Negro League player
San Jose Mercury News· 1 day agoAlex Rodriguez and David Ortiz were there, too, as part of the pregame show for the nationally...
Mays' death shifts focus for MLB, Fox with historic Cardinals-Giants game in Alabama: Media Views
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 2 days agoMays, at 93 the oldest living MLB player, planned to attend but pulled out on Monday, saying he’d...
5 Black History Landmarks in the U.S. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
AFAR· 5 days agoMuseums like Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music and the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, are some of the best places to learn about Black ...
Baseball great Reggie Jackson opens up on TV about racism he faced as a player
WLRN Miami· 2 days agoBaseball legend and Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson returned to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala.,...
50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoMartin Luther King is arrested in Birmingham for "parading without a permit." ■ April 16: King's...
Willie Mays paid a high price to be Willie Mays - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 3 days agoWillie was a National Leaguer, and he was rooting for the Cubs. Willie was 85 at the time, an...