Existing comment:
Even the all-American game of baseball did not escape the effects of racial prejudice; black players were segregated until 1947.
Baseball
about 1930
used by Negro League pitcher Sam Streeter
Segregation and racial violence throughout the United States in the early 1900s led black Americans to create separate institutions. Prohibited from playing on white baseball teams, black players formed their own teams and leagues. Negro League games drew millions of fans until Jackie Robinson integrated the National League in 1947. |