Baseball legend, Birmingham native Willie Mays dies at 93
Willie Mays, considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time, died Tuesday. San Francisco Giants AnnouncedHe was 93 years old when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Mays was born in Westfield, an unincorporated mining town outside Birmingham, in 1931. He began his professional career while attending Fairfield High […]
Column: Baseball legend Willie Mays instrumental in California fight against housing discrimination
Sacramento — As a baseball player, Willie Mays was arguably the greatest of all time and the GOAT of baseball, but he also made his mark in another arena as a key California civil rights pioneer. Mays never wanted to be an activist off the baseball field, but the racism he encountered after moving to […]
