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Nantuko Joe · 02-08-2003, 11:05 AM

Jackie Robinson

The first black male to play professional baseball, which until his time had been a white-only sport. Despite all of the hatred and bigotry that was thrown at him, Jackie pressed on and paved the way for other african americans to be integrated not only into baseball, but also into football and basketball.

02-08-2003, 11:05 AM	#11
Nantuko Joe Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Right behind you... Posts: 1,479 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	Jackie Robinson The first black male to play professional baseball, which until his time had been a white-only sport. Despite all of the hatred and bigotry that was thrown at him, Jackie pressed on and paved the way for other african americans to be integrated not only into baseball, but also into football and basketball.