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(L-R) Curt Flood, Bill White, Bob Gibson

Black baseball players struggled long after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier

Jun 17, 2022
After Jackie, a new History Channel documentary, tells the stories of three of the Black baseball players who followed Jackie Robinson into the major leagues.
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American professional baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, dressed in a road uniform, crouches by the base and prepares to catch a ball in 1951.

A ticket stub from Jackie Robinson's majors debut sells for a record-breaking $480K

Feb 28, 2022
It was the second time the record was broken in the same auction. Earlier on Sunday, a bidder bought a full ticket from Michael Jordan's 1984 NBA debut with the Chicago Bulls for $468,000.
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Pictured from left to right: catcher O'Neal Pullen, pitcher Ajay Johnson, shortstop Biz Mackey and manager Lonnie Goodwin

Opinion: Outplaying Segregation, Negro National League Hits 100-Year Milestone

Jul 04, 2020
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the 100th anniversary of the Negro National League as a response to segregation in major league baseball.
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Clark County Commission Approve Plans For Arena And Hotel Complex On North Strip

Oct 18, 2017

Clark County Commissioners approved a plan by ex-NBA player Jackie Robinson to expand an arena and hotel project on the north Strip.

The site has so far been excavated but not built upon.

Eventually, the plans call for an arena, two hotel towers, a movie theater and retail space.

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Baseball And Civil Rights In America

Mar 07, 2016

Baseball has a complicated history.

Once, America’s national past-time … today baseball has been surpassed in popularity by professional football.

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