The Bessemer Stars, along with the Gadsen Giants and Mobile Braves played briefly as members of the 1921 Negro Southern League, before folding.
The Nashville Elite Giants won the 1921 Negro Southern League championship.
Other league members were the Atlanta Black Crackers, Chattanooga Black Lookouts, Evansville Louis Reichert Giants, Hopkinsville Athletics and Nashville Elite Giants.
As per the final reported standings published in the Chicago Defender on June 25, 1927, the Grey Sox had a record of 4–5, playing behind the 1st place Chattanooga Black Lookouts who were 22–8.
It is possible the Negro Southern League played a fragmented schedule in the second half of the 1927 season.