A History of Segregation in Baseball
Segregation in baseball started in 1867. when the Pennsylvania State Convention of Baseball in Harrisburg would not allow African American team to enter. Then the best white players refused to play with or against teams with any black players and it became normal that African Americans were not to participate in Major League Baseball. Segregated baseball lasted sixty years, from 1887 until 1947 when Jackie Robinson took his place with the Dodgers. But in between those times there were other black players that most people don't know about like John Bud Fowler who played for a white team for a short time in 1872 and Moses Fleetwood Walker who played briefly in 1884. Over 60 years before Jackie Robinson. But black players were very talented and wanted to start their own teams so in 1885 the first black club called the Cuban Giants was made. It was sad because they felt they would be not be discriminated against if white people thought they were a foreign team. Because of how talented these black players were, news started to get out that major league scouts were watching the Negro League players. That lead to Jackie Robinson being signed to the Dodgers. |
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