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color line

[kuhl-er lahyn] / ˈkʌl ər ˌlaɪn /
NOUN
discriminatory barrier separating nonwhite people from white people
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Robinson broke baseball’s color line on April 15, 1947, when he took the field in a game at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Robinson broke baseball’s color line and led the Brooklyn Dodgers to the World Series.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

This is the moment for us to lean into solidarity — to learn from our shared history of struggling for a better society and democracy on both sides of the color line.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2026

Everyone should wear No. 42 jerseys in honor of Robinson, who famously broke baseball’s color line and also fought segregation in the military.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2025

They would no sooner question the color line than they would the concept of heaven and hell or the fact that man must earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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