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More Than A Game: The Legacy Of Black Baseball, Tara Moriarty
More Than A Game: The Legacy Of Black Baseball, Tara Moriarty
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Out of a segregated and persecuted black society, the Negro Leagues arose to provide a form of business, entertainment, and charity. The leagues served as a form of uplift within the race and as a tool to bring blacks together within their communities. In 1945, with the signing of Jackie Robinson to Montreal, baseball became a vehicle for integration. While Robinson broke the color line in professional baseball, he simultaneously broke the Negro Leagues. Black fans abandoned black baseball and turned to the Major Leagues to watch Robinson. Although the integration of baseball was the first major victory for integration …
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 2nd Place, Diana Burden
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 2nd Place, Diana Burden
Constitution Day Essay Contest
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2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 3rd Place, Shawn Murphy
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 3rd Place, Shawn Murphy
Constitution Day Essay Contest
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2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 1st Place, Thomas Phillips Iii
2015 Constitution Day Essay Contest: 1st Place, Thomas Phillips Iii
Constitution Day Essay Contest
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