When Jackie Robinson became the first African American player in major league baseball in 1947, elbowing aside the league's policies of segregation that had bee

As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, H

While the accomplishments and influence of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali are doubtless impressive solely on their meri

The result of a study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and funded by a grant from Major League Baseball(, this richly illustrated, comprehensi

Chuck Harmons life story symbolizes and transcends our countrys struggle for civil rights and equality. From his humble beginnings as one of the 12 children of