Black History Month

The??Birmingham Black Barons??played??Negro League Baseball from 1920 to 1960. They alternated home stands with the??Birmingham Barons??in Birmingham's??Rickwood Field, usually drawing larger crowds and equal press. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The??Newark Eagles??were a professional??Negro league baseball??team which played in the??Negro National League??from??1936??to??1948.?? *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum??

The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. *Product is official licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Pittsburgh Crawfords, also known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1931-1940. They were named after the Crawford Bath House, a recreation center in the Crawford neighborhood of Pittsburgh's Hill District. After playing in several different leagues,...

On June 19, 1865 the Federal Government's final execution and fulfillment of the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation. The people to whom this order was addressed were the last group of Americans to be informed that all formerly enslaved persons were now free. And...

On June 19, 1865 the Federal Government's final execution and fulfillment of the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation. The people to whom this order was addressed were the last group of Americans to be informed that all formerly enslaved persons were now free. And...

Jackie Robinson best known for breaking the color barrier in the modern era of baseball, but fans of the sport also recognize his extra ordinary talent. After playing for the Negro American League's Kansas City Monarchs in 1945, he was signed by Brooklyn and...

The 1963 March on Washington, officially the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, took place on August 28, 1963. It was at this march Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous and stirring "I Have a Dream Speech" in which he called for...

Jim Crow laws??were state and local ordinances that enforced??racial segregation??in the??South.??These laws were passed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white??Southern Democrat-dominated state legislatures to disenfranchise and remove political and economic gains made by African Americans people during the post-Civil War??Reconstruction...

Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist, best known for her pivotal role in the??Montgomery bus boycott. She??has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

One of the most influential artists of the rock & roll era, Little Richard entertained generations of music fans.

The biggest names in rhythm and blues and rock & roll together, one night only!

Founded in 1909, the??National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP has worked for over a century to advance justice and equality for African Americans.??Its mission today is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons...

Harriet Tubman??was an??abolitionist??and political activist. Born into??slavery, Tubman escaped in 1849 and went on to embark on roughly 13 missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people, including family and friends,??using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the??Underground Railroad. Following the...

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the preeminent face and voice of the Civil Rights movement in the Untied States until his death on April 4, 1968. His work continues to inspire Americans, and people around the world, to this day. A...

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history." This quote by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King comes from a sermon he wrote in his 1963 book??Strength to Love. A portion of proceeds from each shirt sold benefits The MLK Coalition....

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history." This quote by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King comes from a sermon he wrote in his 1963 book??Strength to Love. A portion of proceeds from each shirt sold benefits The MLK Coalition....

The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team based in Paterson, NJ that played from 1931 to 1950. The team was unique in that it occasionally had Hispanic players, who were also restricted from Major League Baseball, on it roster. In 1947,...

Los??Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo??was a??Dominican??dream team??formed in 1937 under the direction of then-dictator??Rafael Trujillo.??The team was essentially a merger of??Tigres del Licey??and??Leones del Escogido.??The team represented??Santo Domingo??in the championship series that lasted from March 28 to July 11 of that year, resulting in the...

The Cincinnati Tigers were a Negro baseball team founded in 1934. They played as an independent team for three years before joining the Negro American League in 1937. They played in that circuit for only one season before disbanding. The team used uniforms donated...

Schmelzer's All Nations was a barnstorming, baseball team established in 1912 in Kansas City. The was sponsored by Schmelzer's Arms, a manufacturer of firearms. At the time the team was formed, there was no major league baseball west of St. Louis. The nickname reflected...

In the 1920s, baseball was starting to become popular in Japan. To take advantage of this new-found interest, several Negro league and barnstorming teams toured the country playing exhibition games to huge crowds. One such team was the Philadelphia Royal Giants, which was actually...

The St. Paul Gophers were a team of black baseball players that pre-dated the established Negro leagues. Formed in 1907, they barnstormed around the county and played home games at Lexington Park. They disbanded in 1914. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues...

The New Orleans Black Pelicans were members of the????Louisiana-Texas Colored League in 1930 and 1931. Their ace was Robert Pipkin who was also known as the Black Diamond. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Formed in Lincoln, NE in 1911, and later based in New York City, the Giants were a barnstorming, Negro baseball team. From 1923 to 1928, they were members of the Eastern Colored League. In 1929, they joined the American Negro League for one season,...

The rosters of Negro league teams were not only filled with African American ballplayers but Latin Americans as well.?? *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

240 Latinos participated in the Negro Leagues during the league's history. The Negro Leagues in the US welcomed all Latinos, regardless of color, during the era when a color line ruled in MLB. Even before a formal Negro League was established in 1920, Cuban...

Jos?? de la Caridad M??ndez??was a??Cuban manager and right-handed pitcher in the Negro leagues, he was known as the Black Diamond or Diamonte Negro and??was one of the first group of players elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.????He was elected...

The Negro leagues were professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the...

The Negro Southern League was the only major black league in operation in 1932. The league began its seasons with only five teams: Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Cubs, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs and Louisville White Sox. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues...