Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier but these Black players still faced racism
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Although hundreds of MLB players and coaches will sport Robinson's iconic No. 42 on Thursday, other Black players want to ensure their stories are remembered as well.
"Somebody told me baseball was a White man's game," he says about a teammate who approached him while he sat on the bench. It was the early 1960s and Fann was playing for the Burlington Bees, a minor league affiliate of the Kansas City Athletics in Burlington, Iowa. "That's the biggest lie I've been told," the 77-year-old added.More Related News
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