This movie consisted of mass racism, tremendous courage, and the development of a new era for Major League Baseball. Based in the late 1940's, this film showed numerous acts of racism, all in an effort to discriminate against MLB athlete, Jackie Robinson, who was the first African-American athlete to compete in Major League Baseball. ... From the Negro League, to the International, and at last, to the Major League, Jackie Robinson had progressed so far. ... Despite resenting segregation, Jackie Robinson changed the face of baseball the moment he played his first Major League game in 1947...

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The National League either defeated its opponents outright or incorporated them into a subordinate national structure of minor leagues. Not until 1901 was the National League forced to accept the American League, the only other surviving major league. The game of baseball and the major league did not form with a simple agreement, as you can tell from the previous examples, it took people putting their past behind them and accepting differences, it took many years and generations to accept and mold baseball into what he know it as today. ... Attendance grew dramatically throughout the 1980s, ...

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