Shut out by the white establishment, Black players formed their own leagues. During that time, Black baseball stars played their White counterparts at least 438 times in offseason exhibition games.

These men and plenty of other Black pioneers played organized professional baseball in the 1880s and 1890s, before white team owners and managers segregated the game. This month, we are watching ...

MARGATE, Fla. – Michael Coker, founder and executive director of Black College Championships LLC and founder of the Black College World Series as well as lead contemporary reporter for the Black ...

The Monarchs discovered him during a barnstorming tour when Anderson was playing for the local Black powerhouse Denver White Elephants. Upon his Negro National League debut in 1922, baseball ...

Andrea Williams is an opinion columnist for The Tennessean and curator of the Black ... baseball exploits would’ve been dismissed well before he had a chance to rewrite history books. Ace white ...

Black history and accomplishments are celebrated all throughout February for Black History Month. That includes the celebration of Jackie Robinson, who famously broke Major League Baseball's color ...

But baseball won him affection from white and Black neighbors alike. "He definitely played a role" in furthering the rights of Black people in Erie until he died in 1988 at age 68, his son said.

A Georgia college’s white baseball manager is under fire after allegedly telling a black player he couldn’t play on the team because his hair was too long and didn’t conform to the rules set ...

Australian director Martin Wilson, known for “Great White” and “Pieces ... Featuring a black Latino protagonist who plays baseball we connect with the Western audience, while the love ...

The Black College Baseball Board of Directors and tournament committee issued the following statement after his passing: “Michael Coker was a tireless believer and advocate for HBCU and all ...

Coker also has been a member of the Black College Legends and Pioneers Committee for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, founding member of the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association, founder ...