Feeney, Ryan.
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Thomas Fitzgerald started a newspaper in Philadelphia called the City Item in 1847. As editor of the newspaper, Fitzgerald was aggressive in all that related to race equality. He was a sports fan who in 1860 helped to organize the Philadelphia Athletic Base Ball Club and became it's president, a position which he held for five years. He was elected president of the National Association of Base Ball Players in 1862.
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African American baseball players
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