White America knew Willie Mays before they had heard of Martin Luther ... He was the perfect standard bearer when the images transitioned from black-and-white to living color.

SLIDESHOW: Willie Mays -- A Life in Pictures Mays called it a career after 22 seasons with 660 home runs, which was the third ...

MAJOR RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY AT A FAIRFIELD BASEBALL PARK NAMED AFTER A LEGEND. FOR TOO LONG, WILLIE MAYS PARK HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR. BUT NOW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND OTHERS ARE STEPPING UP TO GET IT ...

Willie Mays, at the public entrance; home runs that splash into McCovey Cove (named after another Hall of Fame Willie); an 80-foot Coca-Cola bottle with playground slides and miniature baseball ...