1942: Satchel Paige strikes out Josh Gibson on three pitches with bases loaded CIVIL RIGHTS & BASEBALL A COMPARATIVE TIMELINE 1900’s: Jim Crow Laws 1920: Negro National 1931: Josh Gibson hits over April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson breaks 1953: Toni Stone becomes 1960s: Fold of the last Negro force black players League formed at the 70 HR and leads Homestead the color barrier making his debut with the first woman in black Leagues teams. As baseball (Moses Fleetwood Kansas City YMCA by Grays to 138-6 record the Brooklyn Dodgers becoming the baseball, 2nd base for integrated, the connection Walker, Bud Fowler) from Andrew ‘Rube’ Foster first African American player in modern Indianapolis Clowns can be made to the economic professional teams with baseball history impact and the decline of white players black businesses 1924: Kansas City 1932: Pittsburgh Crawfords Monarchs win the were created and housed 1947: Larry Doby, 1948: Satchel Paige makes first Negro League in their own ballpark with becomes the first Major League debut 1962: Former Kansas City Monarch manager World Series their own permanent lights African American Buck O’Neil becomes the majors’ first black player in the 1949: Jackie Robinson wins manager with the Chicago Cubs American League the NL batting title and MVP 1860 1900 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 2020

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