The Knoxville Smokies are honoring the legacy of the Giants, the city's Negro League team that won a championship in 1920.

America regularly enforced segregation, especially after the American Civil War. This also included baseball, the rapidly ...

At Wickware’s headstone in Vale Cemetery, Dixon held a ceremony to commemorate the late player, who was nicknamed “Red Ant” ...

Author Frank Deford writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Negro baseball leagues allowed African-Americans the chance to play the national pastime ... the Negro League All-Star Game drew ...

Major League Baseball officially began the process of integrating statistics accumulated by players who played in the Negro Leagues (1920-1948) into the official MLB record books. Commissioner Rob ...

"(The museum) started in a one room office (and was later) recognized as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum after we built our current home," Kendrick said. "Now, of ...

and tossed around 250 shutouts in over 2,000 games of baseball. But at his core, Paige was a showman. He loved the spotlight and helped the National Negro League grow in popularity across the ...

"You're talking about literally thousands of people would come to see the Kansas City Monarchs, it's the best baseball show on the road," Dixon said. "And people knew that these players were good ...

The ball clubs have departed their springtime nests, pennant hopes are flowering like daffodils, the ancient game is springing to life again. For even the lowliest teams ...