And in a book published by the UNIA in 1921, this is what was written about the significance of three of the four colors used for Black History Month: "Red is the color of the blood which men must ...

The Negro National League folded in 1948, a year after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier as the first Black major leaguer. The Negro American League struggled through the ’50s, as more ...

If you've ever wondered what the Black History Month colors represent, ... and learning about Black stories through books movies, ... it was recognized as "Negro History Week" in 1926.

Negro Leagues baseball was even greater than the record books can say. ... Black, whatever color they may be — to look at the newly inclusive records and want to know more about Gibson, ...

sports Rangers. In black and white: Mixing Negro League, MLB stats reduces baseball history’s gray area A look at the shakeup of some long-held records, and at some notable Texans who played in ...

The books I routinely teach, sometimes coinciding with Black History Month and sometimes not, are Nikki Grimes’s Bronx Masquerade, Ernest J. Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying, Zora Neale Hurston ...

SHADOW & ACT by Ralph Ellison. 317 pages. Random House. $5.95. According to James Baldwin, LeRoi Jones, Malcolm X and any number of other writers and seers, the U.S. Negro is consumed with hatred ...

Negro League statistics from 1920-48 have been integrated into MLB's record book. Josh Gibson is now MLB’s all-time leader in batting average, slugging percentage and OPS. Babe Ruth has long ...

Before breaking the color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947, Jackie Robinson played one overlooked season with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues, and in that season he hit .375/.449 ...

Explore the Met Gala’s 2025 theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” a tribute to Black dandyism, its cultural roots, and the books that define its legacy.

If you've ever wondered what the Black History Month colors represent, look no further. Here, we break down what the Black History Month colors mean.