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Bill White, a Hall of Fame executive and trailblazer for African‑American representation in baseball, is set to be honored with the 2024 Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award.
At 94, Frank Nareau turns his lifelong love of baseball into a gallery of portraits, using a pencil and Coquille board to capture the faces of athletes, entertainers and public figures. His exhibition at the Arizona Baseball Museum offers a quiet meditation on a career that straddled the newsroom and the canvas.
The intertwined stories of jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins and baseball pioneer Don Newcombe reveal how culture, sport and community shaped the African‑American experience in mid‑century America.
Nearly 200 students from southern Illinois attended a traveling exhibit at The Oasis in Marion that celebrates the life and legacy of Negro Leagues icon Buck O’Neil, combining education, community and sport.