Black History Month

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 Denver White Elephants were a barnstorming baseball team comprised of African Americans. A semi-pro squad, they started playing five years before the formation of the Negro National League. In addition to playing games around the West, they participated in??The Denver Post??Tournament, which in...

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...