But things started to change and the minorities were starting to move into fields of sports, and showed that they have just as much talent as many of the white players, such as baseball. Baseball today is still predominantly white, but many players are coming from as far as Japan to play in our major leagues. Some of the best players in baseball and football are black and Porte Rican. I don't think anyone would disagree that some of basketballs greatest players are in the minority. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

But things started to change and the minorities were starting to move into fields of sports, and showed that they have just as much talent as many of the white players, such as baseball. Baseball today is still predominantly white, but many players are coming from as far as Japan to play in our major leagues. Some of the best players in baseball and football are black and Porte Rican. I don't think anyone would disagree that some of basketballs greatest players are in the minority. ...

• Word Count: 876
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Troy's day blacks were banned from playing baseball. Troy was an excellent player, and competed in the Negro leagues. ... Troy could not play baseball because he was black. Beyond baseball, his current employment is affected, as whites and blacks are separated even at such jobs as being a garbage collector. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The argument that black people are the best basketball players is very strong for many reasons. ... Arguably the greatest player in the history of the game, Michael Jordan, is a black person. ... As a result of this and many other remarks, he has become hated worldwide and he has tarnished the fairly clean reputation of Major League Baseball. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Story That Told a Greater One Woodstock immediately comes to mind; Jackie Robinson as the first African American Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers; Gandhi. All throughout history, there have been times in which a moment or event nearly summed up a generation: what happened ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate