“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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Negro League Signed Baseball: Willie Mays,
Hilton Smith, Satchel Paige et al
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Negro American league historyWendell Smith Chicago Herald American quotedBaltimore Eliteslist of Negro League Baseball teamsNegro League Baseball team namesSatchel Paige Negro League Baseball player infoJosh Gibson Negro League Baseball player infoHarlem Globetrotter owner Abe Saperstein quoted here
Negro American league historyWendell Smith Chicago Herald American quotedBaltimore Eliteslist of Negro League Baseball teamsNegro League Baseball team namesSatchel Paige Negro League Baseball player infoJosh Gibson Negro League Baseball player infoHarlem Globetrotter owner Abe Saperstein quoted here
