In the 19th century before the color line was drawn, the first African-American player was Moses Fleetwood Walker. In the 20th century, Jackie Robinson broke the color line as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
In the 19th century before the color line was drawn, the first African-American player was Moses Fleetwood Walker. In the 20th century, Jackie Robinson broke the color line as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Jackie Robinson was a Major League Baseball player who played 2nd base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is famous because in April of 1947, he broke baseball's color barrier by becoming the first ever African American to play in a Major League Baseball game for a Major League Baseball team.
Harry Truman was in the White House when Robinson became the first African-American to play professional baseball in the modern era.
He was the first ever Rookie of the Year in the Major Leagues. He was voted into Baseball's Hall of Fame. He became Vice President of Chock Full o' Nuts.
Satchel Paige for the Cleveland Indians in 1948.
He became the first African-american to play baseball.
The first African-American player in the major leagues was Jackie Robinson. The Brooklyn Dodgers played him for the first time on April 15, 1947.
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American Baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.
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Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player who became the first black player in the major league of baseball
Jackie Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He was born on January 31, 1919 and died on October 24, 1972.
In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball and was the first African American to play major league baseball. A member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson was the first African American to break a record in the Negro league and was one of the best African-American baseball players in history (even though in college, baseball had been his 'worst sport'). Robinson also won an NCAA Championship in the long jump at UCLA in 1940.