Joseph Deng, 17, has joined the Dodgers, becoming the first South Sudanese player to sign a professional baseball contract. Baseball America reports that Deng, a right-handed pitcher, captivated ...

1989: Bill White is elected president of the National League replacing Chub Feeney and becoming the first African-American to ...

American students to attend an all white school in Brevard County. Not only was he a talent on the football field, but he was also the first African-American captain on a public high school football ...

A version of this story previously appeared on MiLB.com in 2007. We present it again as Minor League Baseball celebrates ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.