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Wednesday, July 05, 2023

NJ Governor Phil Murphy Signs Joint Resolution Establishing July 5th as Larry Doby Day

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Governor Phil Murphy today signed a joint resolution (AJR221) designating July 5th of each year as Larry Doby Day. This day of recogniti...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

MLB TO STAGE NEGRO LEAGUES TRIBUTE GAME AT RICKWOOD FIELD NEXT JUNE HONORING WILLIE MAYS

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Major League Baseball will stage a Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 20, 2024, between the San...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

New Museum Will Further Tell the Powerful Stories of the Negro Leagues Baseball Players

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The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) announced it has been awarded a $1 million grant from Bank of America in support of the museu...
Sunday, April 16, 2023

New Book Release: True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy

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True is a probing, richly-detailed, unique biography of Jackie Robinson, one of baseball's―and America's―most significant figur...
Thursday, December 08, 2022

Ken Griffey Jr., MLB, MLBPA announce inaugural HBCU Swingman Classic

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Major League Baseball (MLB), the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. jointly announced Tue...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Ribbon-cutting held for Jackie Robinson Museum in New York City

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A museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson opened in New York City on Tuesday. Located at 75 Varick Street in Hudson Squ...
Monday, July 11, 2022

Nike Honors Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson With Nike Dunk Low (Jackie Robinson)

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Releasing the day of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Los Angeles, the Nike Dunk Low (Jackie Robinson) honors the impact of the ...
Saturday, February 05, 2022

Minor League Baseball adds to inclusion efforts with 'The Nine'

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Minor League Baseball has announced the launch of “The Nine,” a new, Black-community focused outreach platform specifically designed to ho...
Saturday, April 03, 2021

Obama commends MLB for pulling All-Star Game from Georgia

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Via Twitter Former President Obama commended MLB for pulling its All-Star Game from Georgia in protest of the state’s new voting restricti...
Saturday, March 27, 2021

MLB players open to discussing moving 2021 MLB All-Star Game from Atlanta after new voting laws pass in the state

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Major League Baseball is scheduled to play its 2021 All-Star Game this summer at Truist Park, located in Atlanta, Georgia. Yet with less t...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Dusty Baker laments lack of African-Americans in baseball

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Houston manager Dusty Baker celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy on the 73rd anniversary of the fall of the major league color barrier an...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Today, April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day!

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Today is Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball and the Jackie Robinson ...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Spike Lee releases the script of his unmade Jackie Robinson film online

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On Sunday Oscar winning director Spike Lee went online to present film and baseball fans with the script of his unmade Jackie Robinson fi...
Saturday, February 29, 2020

Kerwin Danley to be named first African-American MLB crew chief

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Major League Baseball announced has announced that umpire Kerwin Danley will be promoted to crew chief. Danley will be the first African-A...
Friday, February 08, 2019

Frank Robinson, first black baseball manager, dies at 83

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Frank Robinson, the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win MVP in both leagues, has died at...
Saturday, August 18, 2018

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City Flooded by Vandals

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Officials at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri found their building flooded after vandals cut through water pi...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

Florida Marlins Co-Owner Derek Jeter: It's OK if Marlins players want to take a knee

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Derek Jeter wouldn’t say whether he would take a knee during the national anthem if he still were playing, but the Marlins’ new co-owner...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

First MLB player takes a knee during national anthem

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Looks like Trump's attack on black athletes in the NBA and NFL has backfired and has now spread to Major League Baseball. Bruce Ma...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

Baltimore Orioles' Adam Jones donates $20K to Negro Leagues museum

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Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones, the target of racial taunts during a recent game in Boston, has donated $20,000 to the Negro L...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Dodgers unveil statue of Jackie Robinson at Dodger Stadium

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The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled a Jackie Robinson Statue at the Left Field Reserve Plaza the first in Dodger Stadium history on the 70t...