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Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in football, basketball, track and field, and of course, baseball.
The Trump administration has started purging the government’s digital memory. Democracies die without proper archiving and public records.
Two local nonprofits — the Business Association of West Parkside and Parkside Association of Philadelphia — are joining ...
The Negro Southern League Museum is set to host Jackie Robinson Day 2025 on Saturday, April 12, in downtown Birmingham.This ...
A collectibles company’s principal and his wife are appealing rulings requiring them to pay the SEC $70 million for ...
1985 — Marvin Hagler retains his world middleweight title by stopping Tommas Hearns in the third round at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Both slug it out with reckless abandon for eight minutes, which ...
Jackie Robinson Day is April 15, in honor of the day he broke into the major leagues. Bloom Township is taking it a step further, wearing Negro League jerseys all week leading up to that date.
1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes first black player of the 20th century to sign an MLB contract. 1949 — Sam Snead wins the Masters, beating Lloyd Mangrum and Johnny Bulla by three strokes.
Harriet Tubman’s family is fired up after the National Park Service quietly yanked her photo and quote from the Underground ...