Tag: Baseball
New Hampshire Town Recognized for Historic Role in Racially Integrating Baseball in the 1940s
By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The conversation around racial integration in baseball often revolves around Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league...
Keeping the History alive: How one Local Museum Honors Members of the Negro Leagues
By Darius Brockett, Special to the AFRO
The Hubert V. Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball in Baltimore tells a unique story in an eccentric...
Baker to return as Houston Astros manager for 2023
By KRISTIE RIEKEN, AP News
HOUSTON (AP) — For years, as Dusty Baker chased his first World Series title as a manager, the former big...
Dusty Baker Relishes First World Series Title with Houston Astros
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
One week after lamenting that there were no Black American players on either the Philadelphia Phillies or...
Baseball Legend Helping to Rebuild Africatown
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire
AfricaTown is considered a dying municipality in Alabama that sits along the Gulf Coast and next to...