color line
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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
Professional wrestling was a kind of civil religion in that working-class community, uniting us on both sides of the color line.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025
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
Moses Fleetwood Walker became a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884, before organized baseball was segregated and more than 60 years before Robinson broke the major leagues’ color line.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first Negro player to break the color line in baseball, when owner Branch Rickey invited him to join the Brooklyn Dodgers and integrate what was then America’s favorite sport.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
