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On this week’s podcast, history professor Matthew Andrews discusses the professional baseball leagues and the role they played in American history.

Observed each February, African American Heritage Month commemorates the people and movements that have advanced civil rights and social equality. Beverly Guy-Sheftall will headline the month’s festivities at the annual African American History Month Lecture on Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.