African American athletes

Decades after the segregation battles of his youth, Jerry Jones has modernized the NFL’s revenue model but hasn’t hired a Black head coach.

The film takes many liberties with the history of “the first motion picture,” but it illustrates how Black contributions are often marginalized.

As baseball celebrates the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s breaking the color line, it’s worth remembering a man at odds with his own myth.

For his talents on the diamond and his determination off of it, Curt Flood deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

The long history of the international olympic committee's war on athletes' free expression.

“My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother… for big powerful America.”

His defiance changed baseball and helped assert Black people’s worth in American culture.

While segregation was a shameful period in baseball history, the Negro Leagues were a resounding success and an immense source of pride for black America.

100 years ago, it took a combination of salesman and dictator to launch a historic era for black teams.

The battle for the integration of Major League Baseball started long before Jackie Robinson.

Kap wasn't the first, and he won't be the last.

Louis Moore discusses Bill Bruton and the erasure of his activism towards integration in Major League Baseball.

His testimony before House Un-American Activities Committee was a turning point for the baseball hero.

Real inclusivity is based on equal access to mediocrity.

Fifty years ago, Flood took a stand and paved the way for free agency.

The long history of athletes taking a stand for racial justice.

The NFL's response to player protests reflects decades of League and U.S. attempts to portray false images of post-racial harmony.

Here’s why that didn’t work during WWI.

Kinston, NC has faced immense adversity, yet it has become the NBA capital of the world.

The founder of the Olympic Project for Human Rights talks about the iconic protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the winners’ podium in 1968.