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Origin Baseball Hall-of-Famer Larry Doby was the first Black player in the American League, making his debut with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947, three months after Jackie Robinson had broken the color line in Major League Baseball by starting the season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. Although Robinson’s earlier entry into the big leagues somewhat eased the way for Doby to integrate the American League, the challenge and difficulties Doby faced were similar. As Doby later said: “It was eleven weeks between the time Jackie Robinson and I came into the majors. Eleve...

“Kick, Mule, Kick! Kick, Mule, Kick!” When George “Mule” Suttles stepped up to the plate throughout his 22-year career in the Negro Leagues, fans in attendance knew they might be in store for something special. That’s why they chanted the stocky first baseman’s nickname, hoping to see him show off his powerful swing. And quite often, Suttles did. Not only in the form of home runs, but with long knocks that resulted in doubles and triples. A .328 career hitter, Suttles did much more than swat 152 homers across his time in the Negro National League and the East-West League -- he als...

The women of the Negro Leagues Share this story Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Recounting the history of the Negro Leagues is an incomplete exercise without also including the women who were part of the many stories. The Negro Leagues were the first place that a woman could own and run a baseball team and it was the first professional baseball league where a woman took the field alongside men. But as the Negro Leagues were the result of MLB’s exclusionary practice, so too did the Negro Leagues exclude and diminish the impact of the women who were a part of them.

‘He was larger than life’: John Howard Johnson’s fight for integration stretched far beyond Columbia ‘He was larger than life’: John Howard Johnson’s fight for integration stretched far beyond Columbia Dr. Lawrence Hogan / Courtesy Of Johnson’s basketball career was defined by big performances against Dartmouth and The City College of New York. By Miles Schachner | February 15, 2021, 12:29 AM Everywhere he was known, John Howard Johnson left an unmistakable impact. His life’s achievements stretched from Columbia’s basketball courts to the streets of Harlem and the fi...

MLB Finally Recognizes Negro League Players as Major Leaguers MLB Finally Recognizes Negro League Players as Major Leaguers Comments Off on MLB Finally Recognizes Negro League Players as Major Leaguers It has taken 100 years, but Major League Baseball (MLB) announced on Dec. 16 that the Negro Leagues will be included in the organization’s history rather than being treated as a separate entity. “It is MLB’s view that the Committee’s 1969 omission of the Negro Leagues from consideration was clearly an error that demands today’s designation,” MLB said in a statement. The Negro Nation...