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John Fowler
Meet the two Blacks who played professional baseball in 1800s before the sport was desegregated
In the 1800s, African-American baseball players were battling to make it into the major leagues because there was a ban on their participation. The segregation of the game confined African Americans who wished to play baseball to the Negro Leagues. This moratorium on the major leagues for Black players lasted for 50 years. Even when…
