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Andrew "rube" Foster organizes the first black baseballleague, the negro natio
Andrew rube Foster organizes the first black baseball league, the negro national league.
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4
1920
Dan McClellan
Dan mcClellan was the first black baseball player to pitch a perfect game.
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2000
Fences (play)
Fences is a 1985 play by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilsons ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle. Like all of the Pittsburgh plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. The play won the 1987
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Professional baseball player, Frank Robinson was named MVP of the American League, 1966
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1966
Sosa, Sammy
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Ernie Davis
Ernest Davis commonly referred to as “Ernie” by friends and colleagues, was an American football halfback who passed away at the mere age of 23 due to complications from leukemia. Born in New Salem, Pennsylvania on December 14, 1939, Davis was a popular athlete in his school and college
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Jackie Robinson
Born: 1/31/1919 Cairo, GeorgiaDied: 10/24/1972 Stamford, ConnecticutJackie Robinson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers
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1947
Wilson, Lionel (1915-1998)
Lionel Wilson, lawyer, judge, and politician, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 4, 1915 to Jules and Louise Wilson.  In 1918 the family moved to Oakland, California, where his parents believed a smaller and less-noticeable black community would afford them greater freedoms and less
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1998
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson , byname of Jack Roosevelt Robinson (born January 31, 1919, Cairo, Georgia, U.S.—died October 24, 1972, Stamford, Connecticut), the first black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the decades-old colour
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Howard University
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States
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1867
Bonds, Barry Lamar
Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74), and the great Willie Mays was his godfather. Bonds left Arizona State Univ. to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates
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Robinson, Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt (1919–1972)
When Jackie Robinson took the field on April 15, 1947 wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, he became the first African American in over fifty years to play on a major league baseball team. In the process, he broke through baseball’s color line that had relegated African American players to the
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Like very few others, Ice Cube is celebrated for his groundbreaking accomplishments in music, film, sports and
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Roy Campanella
Roy Camanella was major league baseballs first black catcher.
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2000
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Thanks to the coronavirus, he was right: In March, the California Community College Athletic Association announced it was cancelling all spring sports, mirroring a similar decision by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which oversees university
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MLB and City of Houston Parks Department Agree to Continue MLB Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner Park
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department recently announced the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Major League Baseball Youth Foundation and the Astros Foundation, are extending the operating agreement between the entities for the MLB Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner
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Joe Louis
Joe Louis , byname of Joseph Louis Barrow, also called the Brown Bomber (born May 13, 1914, Lafayette, Alabama, U.S.—died April 12, 1981, Las Vegas, Nevada), American boxer who was world heavyweight champion from June 22, 1937, when he knocked out James J. Braddock in eight rounds in
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Lloyd Hall
Lloyd Hall was born on June 20, 1894 in Elgin, Illinois. He was an honor student while attending West Side High School in Aurora, Illinois and captained the school debate team while competing in baseball, football and track. Lloyd graduated High School in the top 10 of his class and had to choose
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'Chile It's Over For That Line': Megan Thee Stallion Gives Out Her Phone Number and Fans Lose it
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Fear has helped keep games away
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Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon , in full Lloyd Francis Bacon (born December 4, 1889, San Jose, California, U.S.—died November 15, 1955, Burbank, California), American director who made some 100 films and was known for his efficiency and businesslike approach; his popular movies included 42nd Street (1933) and It
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1955
Phillips, Chieko
On February 10, 2016 Chieko Phillips joined BlackPast as its first Executive Director. She comes to the organization with an MA in Museology (Museum Studies) from the University of Washington and B.A in history from Davidson
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2016
Collateral Beauty (2016)
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Aaron, Hank
Aaron, Hank (Henry Louis Aaron), 1934–, U.S. baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. A durable outfielder and consistent hitter noted for his powerful wrists and explosive swing, Aaron joined a Negro League exhibition team, the Indianapolis Clowns, at 18. Within a month, however, he became a member of
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Jackie Robinson Foundation Announces Honorees for 2016 Awards Dinner
The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) announced that it will honor cosmetics industry pioneer Bobbi Brown with its ROBIE Humanitarian Award, Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Ambassador Dan Rooney with JRF’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and Vista Equity Partners Founder and CEO Robert F. Smith with the
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Charles Drew
Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C., the son of Richard and Nora Drew and eldest of five children. Charles was one of those rare individuals who seemed to excel at everything he did and on every level and would go on to become of pioneer in the field of
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Kathy N. Waller
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Goode, Malvin Russell (1908–1995)
Malvin Russell Goode was the first African American news correspondent for a major television network. Goode was born on February 13, 1908, in White Plains, Virginia, but his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, when he was very young. Goode, the third of four boys and two
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1936
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