October 23, 1945 : the beginning of integration in baseball : typescript, 1996 / Chris Lamb, Marc Bona. [1996]

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October 23, 1945 : the beginning of integration in baseball : typescript, 1996 / Chris Lamb, Marc Bona. [1996]

A history of baseball racial segregation and the beginnings of its integration, beginning with the signing of Jackie Robinson in October, 1945.

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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. R...

Lamb, Chris, 1958-....

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Bona, Marco

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