by jbminor | Jun 29, 2018 | Negro Leagues
This article was written by Thomas Kern “If we had one game to win, we wanted Leon to pitch.” — Monte Irvin  So much of Leon Day’s story is caught up in his last years and his long wait for the Hall of Fame call. For Day, who spent a lifetime exceeding at...
by jbminor | Jun 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
A Snapshot of an HBCU That’s 90 Percent White For decades HBCUs have been enrolling increasing numbers of non-black students. At Bluefield State College though, whites are in the overwhelming majority. Julianne Hing  OCT 18, 2013 3:35PM EDT still from Bluefield...
by jbminor | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Curt Flood: The Forgotten Free Agent provided by The Third City James Kay, Sports Editor February 26, 2015 For this week’s Black History Month athlete in focus, I will be profiling an athlete who has fallen off the radar despite being one of the most important figures...
by jbminor | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Howard University University in Washington D.C. Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically blackuniversity (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research...
by jbminor | Jun 25, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Buck Leonard American baseball player Walter Fenner “Buck” Leonard (September 8, 1907 – November 27, 1997) was an Americanfirst baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League. After growing up in North Carolina, he played for the Homestead...
