The Public Library is celebrating Black History Month by focusing on local and regional figures who have made an impact.

Outfielder Harrison Didawick tied the Virginia single-season home run record with 23 and the school mark for runs in a season ...

Journalist Jim Becker has died at 98. He traveled the world as an Associated Press reporter, and covered Jackie Robinson’s ...

Baseball was in his blood,” said his great-nephew, Ray Mackey III. “He and his siblings grew up playing ball on the sandlots ...

It’s tongue and cheek, of course. But that same sentiment can be said, in a more serious tone, about Black history: It cannot ...

Leroy "Satchel" Paige is the first Black pitcher to play in the American League and is known for being one of the greatest ...

Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid," started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field in 1948.

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

Allen will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27. Being included in the fraternity of ...

Setting aside interim hires, McLaurin’s Commanders is one of 11 clubs that never employed a full-time head coach who is Black ...

The former baseball commissioner was noted for welcoming all who played a role in the national pastime — including former ...