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  1. April 15, 1947 - Jackie Roosevelt Robinson became the first African American to play in a major league baseball game in the 20th century. His stepping onto Ebbets Field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform broke the “color line,” the segregation of professional teams.

    The International League in 1887 began a wave of League-wide black exclusion, and it had been complete since 1899, when Bill Galloway became the last African-American player in white organized ball (Woodstock, Ontario).

    Though hitless in three at-bats, Robinson started at first base, and the Dodgers beat the Boston Braves that day, 5-3.

    "Jackie, we've got no army. There's virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I'm afraid that many fans will be hostile. We'll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I'm doing this because you're a great ballplayer, a fine gentleman."

    "There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson."
    ~ Branch Rickey

    #JackieRobinson #MLB

  2. April 15, 1947 - Jackie Roosevelt Robinson became the first African American to play in a major league baseball game in the 20th century. His stepping onto Ebbets Field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform broke the “color line,” the segregation of professional teams.

    The International League in 1887 began a wave of League-wide black exclusion, and it had been complete since 1899, when Bill Galloway became the last African-American player in white organized ball (Woodstock, Ontario).

    Though hitless in three at-bats, Robinson started at first base, and the Dodgers beat the Boston Braves that day, 5-3.

    "Jackie, we've got no army. There's virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I'm afraid that many fans will be hostile. We'll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I'm doing this because you're a great ballplayer, a fine gentleman."

    "There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson."
    ~ Branch Rickey

    #JackieRobinson #MLB

  3. April 15, 1947 - Jackie Roosevelt Robinson became the first African American to play in a major league baseball game in the 20th century. His stepping onto Ebbets Field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform broke the “color line,” the segregation of professional teams.

    The International League in 1887 began a wave of League-wide black exclusion, and it had been complete since 1899, when Bill Galloway became the last African-American player in white organized ball (Woodstock, Ontario).

    Though hitless in three at-bats, Robinson started at first base, and the Dodgers beat the Boston Braves that day, 5-3.

    "Jackie, we've got no army. There's virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I'm afraid that many fans will be hostile. We'll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I'm doing this because you're a great ballplayer, a fine gentleman."

    "There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson."
    ~ Branch Rickey

    #JackieRobinson #MLB

  4. April 15, 1947 - Jackie Roosevelt Robinson became the first African American to play in a major league baseball game in the 20th century. His stepping onto Ebbets Field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform broke the “color line,” the segregation of professional teams.

    The International League in 1887 began a wave of League-wide black exclusion, and it had been complete since 1899, when Bill Galloway became the last African-American player in white organized ball (Woodstock, Ontario).

    Though hitless in three at-bats, Robinson started at first base, and the Dodgers beat the Boston Braves that day, 5-3.

    "Jackie, we've got no army. There's virtually nobody on our side. No owners, no umpires, very few newspapermen. And I'm afraid that many fans will be hostile. We'll be in a tough position. We can win only if we can convince the world that I'm doing this because you're a great ballplayer, a fine gentleman."

    "There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson."
    ~ Branch Rickey

    #JackieRobinson #MLB

  5. Tucker delivers go-ahead hit, Vesia hurls shutdown ninth and Dodgers top Mets, 2-1

    World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Nolan McLean dueled through seven innings, Kyle Tucker singled in the…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #MLB #JackieRobinson #LosAngelesDodgers #MajorLeagueBaseball #newyorkmets #ShoheiOhtani #Sports
    newsbeep.com/us/585231/

  6. Tucker delivers go-ahead hit, Vesia hurls shutdown ninth and Dodgers top Mets, 2-1

    World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Nolan McLean dueled through seven innings, Kyle Tucker singled in the…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #MLB #JackieRobinson #LosAngelesDodgers #MajorLeagueBaseball #newyorkmets #ShoheiOhtani #Sports
    newsbeep.com/us/585231/

  7. @mindingmyblackownbiz, Black Royalty, wrote:

    Dr. King was 39 when he was assassinated. His autopsy revealed he had the heart of a 60-year-old.

    Let that sink in.

    Racism isn’t just a social

    (1/10)

    #blackpeople #health #racism #antiblack #mlk #jackierobinson #blacksports #blackmastodon

  8. @mindingmyblackownbiz, Black Royalty, wrote:

    Dr. King was 39 when he was assassinated. His autopsy revealed he had the heart of a 60-year-old.

    Let that sink in.

    Racism isn’t just a social

    (1/10)

    #blackpeople #health #racism #antiblack #mlk #jackierobinson #blacksports #blackmastodon

  9. @mindingmyblackownbiz, Black Royalty, wrote:

    Dr. King was 39 when he was assassinated. His autopsy revealed he had the heart of a 60-year-old.

    Let that sink in.

    Racism isn’t just a social

    (1/10)

    #blackpeople #health #racism #antiblack #mlk #jackierobinson #blacksports #blackmastodon

  10. @mindingmyblackownbiz, Black Royalty, wrote:

    Dr. King was 39 when he was assassinated. His autopsy revealed he had the heart of a 60-year-old.

    Let that sink in.

    Racism isn’t just a social

    (1/10)

    #blackpeople #health #racism #antiblack #mlk #jackierobinson #blacksports #blackmastodon

  11. @mindingmyblackownbiz, Black Royalty, wrote:

    Dr. King was 39 when he was assassinated. His autopsy revealed he had the heart of a 60-year-old.

    Let that sink in.

    Racism isn’t just a social

    (1/10)

    #blackpeople #health #racism #antiblack #mlk #jackierobinson #blacksports #blackmastodon