Born in Napoleonville, Welch is regarded by some historians as one of the top Black managers in the Negro Leagues in the ...

A wooden ballpark originally built in 1891 on this site was home to the Cleveland Spiders and then, in 1900, the Blues ...

Birmingham lost a link to its baseball history on Sunday, when Clinton “Tiny” Forge died at 90 years old. Forge played catcher for the Detroit Stars of the Negro American League during the 1950s.

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. The ...

Bill Greason’s life is one of a kind. He grew up across the street from Martin Luther King Jr. in 1930s Atlanta. Greason served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and witnessed the raising ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

Clinton "Tiny" Forge, whose career in professional baseball came full-circle when he was an honored guest at a Major League Baseball game in his native Birmingham, Alabama in 2024, died Sunday. He was ...