One of the most successful players in Major League Baseball was born in Jefferson County on May 6, 1931.Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid," started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood ...

Billboard's special salute to Black Music Month continues its rollout with the next 25 artists on our all-time top 75 list.

The school children of Jacksonville kept singing it; they went off to other schools and sang it; they became teachers and taught it to other children.