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First black player in major leagues? Hint: It wasn't Jackie Robinson
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Negro league baseball's demise assured once MLB integrated in 1947
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Jackie Robinson's last plea to MLB: 'Wake up' and hire Black
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Jackie Robinson wasn't the only candidate to break baseball's
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Jackie Robinson wasn't the only Black player to break barriers in
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Vermont's would-be Jackie Robinson came in '05
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Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia
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Play ball? African Americans interest in baseball wanes
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Jackie Robinson wasn't the only Black player to break barriers in
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A radical idea to solve the lack of African-American players in
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73 years after Robinson broke barrier, baseball still struggles
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First black All-Star Game players in 1949