Leovigildo Xiqués (Courtesy of Rory Costello)

Leovigildo Xiqués

Until the Negro Leagues were officially recognized as major leagues…
Chaney White (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Chaney White

Outfielder Chaney White had a 17-year career in the Negro major…
Jesse Horace "Bill" Williams (SEAMHEADS.COM)

Jesse Williams

Jesse "Bill" Williams was one of the premier defensive infielders…
Tom Williams (NoirTech Research)

Tom Williams

Thomas Williams’s pitching career spanned only eight years,…
Doc Wiley (COURTESY OF TIM HAGERTY)

Doc Wiley

Wabishaw Spencer “Doc” Wiley played in the Negro Leagues…

Bobby Williams

It took a special type of athlete to play for Chicago American…

Horace Wilds

Horace Wilds, an African American catcher, excelled on white…
Frank "Fay" Young at the Chicago Defender office, 1942. Photo by Jack Delano, courtesy of the International Center of Photography. (USED BY PERMISSION)

Fay Young

Frank Albert “Fay” Young was one of the most influential…
Chester Williams (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

Chester Williams

Over the years, the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s…

Jim Zapp

Jim "Zipper" Zapp played a big role in getting the Birmingham…

Samuel Williams

Sam Williams was born in a small, poor town in segregated Alabama,…

John Wright

John Wright was the “owner of a blazing fast ball and a sharp-breaking…
Rufus Lewis, Jimmy Wilkes, and Cotton Williams (NOIRTECH, INC.)

Robert “Cotton” Williams

Rufus Lewis, left, Jimmy Wilkes, center, and Cotton Williams…
Jimmy Wilkes (COURTESY OF JAY DELL-MAH)

Jimmy Wilkes

“They used to say Brantford could put its left-fielder five…

Murray Watkins

Murray “Skeeter” Watkins was a baseball lifer. He was a Negro…

Frank Wickware

“Cannon Ball Redding and others of days gone by had plenty…

Jud Wilson

Jud Wilson was one of the greatest hitters in the history of…

J.L. Wilkinson

J. Leslie Wilkinson (1878-1964) was one of the most respected…

Sol White

Racial discrimination did not miraculously disappear in 1863…

Artie Wilson

Artie Wilson’s career makes just the barest impression in the…