Category : Sports

The Homestead Grays was one of the most successful professional Negro League baseball teams.  They won ten Negro National League Titles (1937-1945, 1948) and three...

Cool Papa Bell, byname of James Thomas Bell, (born May 17, 1903, Starkville, Miss., U.S.—died March 7, 1991, St. Louis, Mo.), American professional baseball player,...

Oscar Charleston was a trailblazing figure in the world of baseball. Born on October 14, 1896, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Charleston’s impact on the sport has...

Walter Fenner Leonard, (born September 8, 1907, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.—died November 27, 1997, Rocky Mount), American baseball player who was considered one of...

Jackie Robinson, born on January 31, 1919, was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball...

John Baxter Taylor was a remarkable athlete and a pioneer for African Americans in sports. He was born in Washington, D.C. in 1882 to former...

The Remarkable Journey of Marshall “Major” Taylor: A Pioneering Cyclist Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor, born on November 26, 1878, in Indianapolis, Indiana, was a trailblazing...