Rachel Robinson

Rachel Robinson

by | Aug 28, 2024 | Negro Leagues

Business leader, civil rights activist, professor, nurse, wife, and mother, Rachel Isum Robinson is a woman of enormous accomplishments, her own and those achieved jointly with her husband, Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947...
Jackie Robinson Honorary Degrees

Jackie Robinson Honorary Degrees

by | Jan 16, 2019 | Negro Leagues

Team Nubian www.teamnubian.com It’s that time of year when students get ready to graduate and move on to the next phase of their lives. At colleges and universities, it has become customary to award honorary degrees to individuals who have made great contributions to...
Henry Kimbro

Henry Kimbro

by | Dec 6, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Henry Kimbro American baseball player Henry Kimbro (February 10, 1912 – July 11, 1999) was an American Negro Leagueoutfielder in the late 1930s and 1940s. He played for the Washington Elite Giants, Homestead Grays, Baltimore Elite Giants, and the New York Black...
Ernie Banks

Ernie Banks

by | Dec 5, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Ernie Banks American baseball player and coach Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed “Mr. Cub” and “Mr. Sunshine”, was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball(MLB) as...