BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — As Black History Month draws to a close, Rickwood Field, the oldest ballpark in America, stands as a testament to baseball's rich history and its role in the fight for equality.

Birmingham’s Rickwood Field is in the spotlight this year, as the location of a splashy Major League Baseball game on June 20, saluting the Negro Leagues and Willie Mays, an Alabama native and ...

The game will be played at Rickwood Field, the oldest baseball park in the US. Built and opened in 1910, Rickwood Field was the first steel-and-concrete baseball stadium south of the Ohio River ...