color line
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Robinson broke baseball’s color line on April 15, 1947, when he took the field in a game at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When Jackie Robinson entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his informational plaque didn’t mention that he had broken baseball’s color line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Professional wrestling was a kind of civil religion in that working-class community, uniting us on both sides of the color line.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
Everyone should wear No. 42 jerseys in honor of Robinson, who famously broke baseball’s color line and also fought segregation in the military.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
For years a white businessman named Ralph Johns had tried to convince A&T students to defy the color line in Greensboro.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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