“By sheer ability, Negro players have broken down the color line: this season 14 are playing on five major league teams and at least seven others are having a chance to prove themselves with the minors.”
Click here to read a 1945 profile of Jackie Robinson.
Click here to read a 1954 article about Willie Mays.
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