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The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York.Beginning as the independent Harlem Stars, the team was renamed the New York Black Yankees in 1932 and joined the Negro National League in 1936, and remained in the league through 1948.
In 1976, eight years after the civil rights movement concluded, President Gerald R. Ford officially recognized Black History Month as an important time to honor the accomplishments of Black Americans.
B. Rufus Baker; Fred Bankhead; Bud Barbee; Marvin Barker; Al Barks; John Beckwith (baseball) Bradford Bennett; Charlie Biot; Frank Blake (baseball) Lefty Boone
Following the 1891 season, the Ansonia Cuban Giants, a team composed of African-American players, were expelled from the Connecticut State League, the last white minor league to have a Black team. The Brooklyn Dodgers broke the 63-year color line when they started future Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson at first base on Opening Day , April 15, 1947.
Black History Month began in 1926 as just a week-long observance, then expanded into a month-long celebration in 1976.
As noted by ASALH's official website, the theme for Black History Month 2023 is Black Resistance, which emphasizes the "ongoing oppression" of Black people throughout American history.
Elston Gene Howard (February 23, 1929 – December 14, 1980) was an American professional baseball player who was a catcher and a left fielder.During a 14-year baseball career, he played in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball from 1948 through 1968, primarily for the New York Yankees.
Black History Month was established in 1976, building on the legacy of Carter G. Woodson, a scholar known as the "father of Black history." Woodson, who created Negro History Week, chose February ...