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Play ball? African Americans interest in baseball wanes
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Documentary highlights pioneers who paved the way for equality in baseball
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Jackie Robinson: Breaking Major League Baseball's Color Barrier - Kentake Page
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Baseball Has Yet to Deliver Greatest Tribute to Jackie Robinson - The New York Times
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The First Time Jackie Robinson Broke Baseball's Color Barrier – Rediscovering Black History
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75 years ago, media downplayed Jackie Robinson's historic MLB debut - TheGrio
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May 21, 1947: Jackie Robinson makes his Dodgers debut in St. Louis – Society for American Baseball Research
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Did racism kill Jackie Robinson?
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Jackie Robinson Remembered
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OAH Jackie Robinson Day and the Decline of Black Baseball
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Baseball's Jackie Robinson Day does a disservice to the man it's meant to honor
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Jackie Robinson - The Bay State Banner
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Jackie Robinson's daughter says he'd have embraced Black Lives Matter
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Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) - Baseball Legend and Civil Rights Advocate — AP Photos