There are many factors of people who have contributed the desegregation of Baseball, which in 1945 ended when the first black player Jackie Robinson was signed to The Brooklyn Dodgers. ... On October 23, 1946 Jackie Robinson signed a contract, along with several other African American players to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the upcoming spring season of 1947. ... Branch Rickey choose Jackie Robinson as the forefront to face segregation heads on because he knew could handle the ridicule from others, Jackie Robinson was previous a ex-Army lieutenant, and a former Negro league player he...

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Mignon Burns, Corrine Robinson, Lillian Ross, Lola Porter, Issadore Channels, and Virginia Wills were among the Romas best players of all time. ... After World War 2, a hopeful black public focused much of its attention on a new generation of racial pioneers, barrier breakers such as Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, and Wilma Rudolph. ...

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