Jackie Robinson
Experts: Major League Baseball Has A Diversity Problem
Photos: YouTube Dario Otero Jr., affectionately known as DJ, admires Jackie Robinson for making history as the first Black American to play Major League ...
Why Isn’t NFL Barrier-Breaker Kenny Washington An American Icon?
Photo: Twitter If you were able to go back in time and tell sports fans of the late 1930s and early 1940s that a ...
Baseball Needs To Reconnect With African-American Players
Photo: YouTube The percentage of African-American players in Major League Baseball has decreased to similar levels as in the 1950’s after Jackie Robinson broke ...
Baseball Reference.com Adds Negro Leagues Stats
Photo: Twitter Earlier this year, when Major League Baseball retroactively granted the Negro Leagues “official major league status,” thousands of players (including legendary greats ...
MLB Recognizing Segregated Negro Leagues “Long Overdue”
Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube The great Negro League catcher Josh Gibson was one of the most prolific homerun hitters of all-time hitting between 800 to ...
OHBM to Honor Co-Founder, Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins
One Hundred Black Men of New York will honor former Mayor David Dinkins tomorrow. One Hundred Black Men of New York (OHBM), a national ...
OHBM of New York to Honor Legacy of Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was a founding member of the organization 100 Black Men of New York (OHBM) along with Robert ...
100 Black Men: New President, Enis, for Founding Chapter
[OHBM\Aldrin K. Enis] Aldrin K. Enis: “The ability to serve this esteemed organization at this level is an honor that I do not take ...
“Race and Sports” premiere will be livestreamed on August 13
[“Race and Sports” Dialogue] The Institute’s purpose is to champion sportsmanship and leverage the power of sports to unite people everywhere. The “Race and ...
Preston Wilson: MLB Late in Speaking Out on Social Justice
[Preston Wilson] Sports Illustrated: “Nine days after police officers in Minneapolis killed George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement overtook the headlines, Major ...
