Found 2 collections related to African Americans -- Sports

Grover C. "Buster" Miller was a sports reporter who worked for The New York Age and whose columns included "Sports Parade" and "Sports of the Age." In 1938, he was credited as a guest columnist and from 1939 onwards as the sports editor. Buster Miller Scrapbooks (5 volumes) contain mostly clippings about blacks in sports, particularly Negro National League (baseball), boxing, tennis, collegiate athletics and football, 1938-1942. Also included are ticket stubs, correspondence with college athletic departments regarding black student athletes, writings including several write-ups on Black jockeys and a compilation of important American racing stakes won by Black jockeys, and printed matter. less

The Sports collection, compiled by staff of the Schomburg Center, depicts some aspects of African-American participation in sporting events and athletic competition, mainly from the 1940s to the mid-1980s. The collection includes both original photographic prints and reproductions. less