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50 years of blacks in sports.(1945-1995: Ebony: 50 Years That Changed America)

Ebony | October 1, 1995 | Copyright

LONG before Jackie Robinson joined the major leagues, there was a blossoming love affair between Blacks and sports. But it has only been during the past 50 years that this love affair has burst into full bloom, with Black players bringing new dimensions to the games and redefining the limits of what could be accomplished in the sports world.

It was October 23, 1945, when Branch Rickey, then-president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signaled the beginning of racial transformation in American sports. That ws the day the long-awaited announcement came that Robinson was being assigned…

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