The truth is that the Negro Leagues – and so much of the economy surrounding them – died a relatively swift death after Robinson’s iconic debut with the Dodgers on April 15, 1947. While Major League ...

In 1990, Buck O’Neil founded the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City near 18th & Vine, a once-vibrant neighborhood synonymous with nightlife during the Jazz age. The museum consisted of one ...

CHICAGO — It was a long fight for Black baseball players to be treated with respect. We see the results of that battle for athletic equality today, and Chicago was involved in a turning point more ...

Chicago White Sox history includes one of the richest connections to Negro Leagues baseball among all major league franchises.

On this day in 1920, Andrew “Rube” Foster, a legendary player, manager, and visionary, forever changed the landscape of professional baseball by establishing the Negro National League (NNL). Foster’s ...

Isn’t it funny how history has a way of coming full circle? Fifty years after Frank Robinson shattered baseball's managerial color barrier in Cleveland, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is honoring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An episode of "The Gilded Age" on HBO briefly put the spotlight on an important piece of American history: all-Black baseball ...

'Leaders & Innovators' spotlights Black managers who led teams in the Negro Leagues. Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and a key figure behind MLB The Show video game’s ...

In the early 1900s, baseball wasn’t a game for everyone, Black players were not allowed to play in the major Leagues, Jim Crow laws and the strong racial segregation following the Civil War put many ...

It was a long fight for Black baseball players to be treated with respect. We see the results of that battle for athletic equality today, and Chicago was involved in a turning point more than a ...