The Legendary New York Black Yankees Negro League Baseball Team In Harlem 1936 – 1948
The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City, Paterson, NJ, and Rochester, NY that played from 1936 to 1948.
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Baseball’s Satchel Paige With The New York Black Yankees In Harlem, 1941
With complete swagger in motion is one of baseball’s most charismatic cats, Satchel Paige. After he played baseball in Puerto Rico with the Brujos de Guayama (the Guayama Witch Doctors) he moved to New York City.
Join The Black Culture Annual Literary Festival At The Schomburg In Harlem
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem will host its 5th Annual Literary Festival on Saturday, June 17th, 2023.
New York Yankees And Mastercard Honor Grand Prize Winner Harlem Cycle For Community Based Positivity
As part of this year’s Home Team Advantage Small Business Contest, Mastercard and the New York Yankees have come together to honor the small businesses from Harlem to Hollis.
Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton’s New Book Honors Black Baseball Heroes From Her Father And More
The daughter of black baseball legend Henry Kimbro has spent the past year writing a new book to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Baseball Negro League in Nashville.
The Marc Rasbury Show: NY’s Jets & Giants, the Yankees Red Sox and More
Join host Marc “the Rass” Rasbury as he talks about sports today: life after the London 2012 Olympics; the NY Yankees don’t wear Red Sox; the NY Giants predicts for 2012, the NY Jets quarterback soap opera, and the Harlem summer basketball tournaments with SlamJam, Rucker and YES’s SmartBall leaques. Listen to the conversation today…
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, 1878 – 1949
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949, was a pioneer and pre-eminent African-American tap dance performer since his childhood.
Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton Talks Baseball On The Danny Tisdale Show (Video)
Today Danny Tisdale talked to Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton about her baseball legend father Henry Kimbro and her new book Daddy’s Scrapbook, Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball League, A Daughter’s Perspective on The Danny Tisdale Show.
Dr. Kimbro-Hamilton Receives Award For Book About Her Father Harlem Negro Baseball League Star
Tennessee State University Associate Professor Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton has received the Robert Peterson Recognition Award for her book, “Daddy’s Scrapbook, Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball League, A Daughter’s Perspective“.
Satchel Paige, Harlem 1941
Here is a great photos of one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history Satchel Paige waiting for pool hall adversary, on a street in Harlem, New York (1941).
Mayor Adams Forms NYC’s First Live Performance Industry Council From Harlem To Hollis
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today convened the city’s first-ever Live Performance Industry Council meeting.
NYC & Company Foundation Hosts 20th Annual Gala, Supporting Arts & Culture
The NYC & Company Foundation honored leaders of the City’s aviation, business, hospitality, and cultural industries at the 20th annual Visionaries & Voices Gala.
Harlem’s Jonelle Procope And Others Among The Honorees At Upcoming Living Landmarks Celebration
On November 3, 2021, The New York Landmarks Conservancy will host its 28th Living Landmarks Celebration at The Plaza.
Mayor de Blasio And Governor Cuomo Announce Vaccination Site At Yankee Stadium
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Yankee Stadium will open this week as a mega vaccination site,
Negro Ensemble In “A Soldier’s Play” At Dwyer Cultural Center In Harlem
For its 50th season, The Negro Ensemble Company, Inc. (NEC) has been presenting a retrospective of some of the troupe’s signature works.