Michael Smith today pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence ...

Black History Month started as "Negro History Week" in February 1926 as a way to chronicle the accomplishments of African ...

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New defense secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled all cultural awareness months in the Department of Defense, including Black History Month.

Fay Vincent, who became an unexpected baseball commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was ...

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The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...

In a little more than three years as a Hillsborough County prosecutor, Timothy Byrnes rose rapidly from handling minor theft ...

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A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.