Tuesday, February 21 from 7:00PM - 8:00PM. (Zoom Virtual Event)
Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes who Helped Break Baseball's Color Barrier
Join author Ted Reinstein as he discusses his book Before Brooklyn, about the little known heroes who fought segregation in baseball, from communist newspaper reporters to the Pullman car porters who carried black newspapers supporting integration in professional sports to the homes of blacks throughout the country. He will also remind us that the first black player in professional baseball was not Jackie Robinson but Moses Fleetwood Walker in 1884 and that for a time - integrated teams were not that unusual. Then, as segregation throughout the country hardened, the exclusion of blacks in baseball quietly became the norm, and the battle for integration began anew.
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