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Mention the “color barrier” that once existed in professional baseball and the name that springs most readily to mind is Jackie Robinson, who famously became the first Black player in Major League Baseball when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 1847. But as you will hear today from Ted Reinstein, award-winning TV reporter on Boston/WCVB’s beloved Chronicle program, the fight against segregation in baseball had been going on for many decades – and Robinson was far from the first Black player to play ball professionally. Click the Find Tickets button to reserve your spot.
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Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main St, South Yarmouth, MA 02664-4534, United States,South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
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