color line
Example Sentences
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When Jackie Robinson entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his informational plaque didn’t mention that he had broken baseball’s color line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
His manager was Spider Jorgensen, whose big league debut in 1947 had been somewhat overshadowed by teammate Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color line that day.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
No. Jazz comes out of politics of the color line and Black American life and struggle and the human experience.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
We know the history and present of this country and the color line.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023
But because the danger was so grave, hardly any Negro students dared to cross the color line.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
