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Major League Baseball is officially designating the Negro Leagues to “Major League” status. The decision will allow stats and records from the segregation-era into the official MLB history books. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says the move is a long-time coming. About 34-hundred players from seven different Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 will […]

Baseball has lost one of its most beloved ambassadors with the passing of Hall of Fame inductee and Negro League legend Monte Irvin. Irvin, who was named Major League Baseball’s first Black executive, was 96. Born February 25, 1919 in Haleburg, Ala., Irvin and his family relocated to Orange, N.J. when he was young. While […]

Monday evening, President Barack Obama honored the historic contributions and achievements made by the Negro League. Meeting in the Blue Room of the White House,…

Topeka, Kan. — Negro League players were more than athletes. They were activists, who, through their work on the field, challenged the popular belief at the time proving that African Americans were equal to whites on and off the field. Still, few Negro League legends received the fanfare that white players received for their accolades. […]