Local fans were treated to a contest between the winners of the 1941 Negro American League champions (Monarchs ... He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. Richard Cuicchi, ...

Wilkinson’s son, Richard, said Moore was every bit as good as Jackie Robinson. When a screening committee of prominent Negro League historians convened to come up with candidates for a special Black ...

Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

On June 12 of this upcoming season, the Durham Bulls will play a game as the Durham Black Sox. The Bulls are the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays and th ...

Grammy-winner Kendrick Lamar on Sunday became the first solo rap artist to headline a Super Bowl halftime show, with his ...

In addition to its partnership with the Kansas City Royals to offer free admission during Black History Month, the Negro ...

Big plans are underway to enhance the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Two years after a $25 million expansion plan was ...

The Suffolk and the Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force present the second installment of “Black History On Screen.” ...

The museum opened in the 1990s as a single office space. Legends like the great late Buck O’Neil took turns paying rent out of pocket.

The shrine to some of baseball’s best and previously-forgotten players is getting too big to miss largely out of necessity. “We’ve simply run out of space,” said Negro Leagues Baseball ...

The shrine to some of baseball’s best and previously ... Center into the Historic Paseo YMCA, where the Negro Leagues founders formalized the league in 1920. New structures nearby will add ...