At a time when Major League Baseball was still a decade from integration, Louis’ victory in Chicago’s Comiskey Park was a triumph for black ... It lists White’s wife’s name but not his ...

A.H.W. Ross operated the Denver White ... black Five Points neighborhood. Baseball historian Jay Sanford tells Colorado Matters that Ross took over what was the Baxter Hotel, put his name on ...

During the first half of the 20th century, the major leagues of baseball were White only and Black owners formed their own leagues. Andrew “Rube” Foster was instrumental in the foundation of ...