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Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
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Jackie Robinson
American baseball player (1919–1972)
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first Black American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Brooklyn Dodgers
American baseball team (1883–1957)
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn, New York, until 1957, after…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Baseball color line
Racial exclusion policy in Major and Minor League Baseball until 1947
The color line, also known as the color barrier, in American baseball excluded African American players from Major League Baseball and its affiliated Minor Leagues until 1947. Racial segregation in professional baseball was sometimes called a gentlemen's agreement, meaning a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)