The path of the Great Migration led many people from tucked-away rural parts of the Deep South, like Mississippi, to muscular, bustling northern cities, like Chicago. Marvin Freeman, born on the South Side of Chicago in 1963, traveled against that…
To look at Andre Dawson’s career is to see a player who ascended into the rarified air of baseball’s most accomplished players. He is one of five players to hit at least 400 home runs (438) and steal 300 bases…
As a multi-sport athlete growing up in Memphis, Fred Valentine always found a field or court to play on. But while Mr. Valentine, who was born in Mississippi, juggled sports, he paid as much or more attention to his academics.…
For Ruston, Louisiana, native Ralph Garr, Grambling State’s campus was practically part of his large family’s backyard, making it natural for Mr. Garr to become a proud Tiger alum. Even better for Mr. Garr, he came of age at a…
Growing up in Goldsboro, North Carolina, George Altman knew early that he wanted to accomplish more in life than he could in the tobacco fields and factories of his hometown, and he used sports to do it. At 6-foot-4 and…
Editor’s Note… this is the first in an ongoing series of interviews conducted with former stars of HBCU baseball. James “Jim” Robinson was a member of powerhouse North Carolina A&T Aggie teams of the late 1940s and early 1950s that…
