Sentences with phrase «league color barrier»
There is perhaps no other active player more appreciative of Jackie Robinson's breaking of the major league color barrier 50 years ago than Delino DeShields.
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In the summer of 1947, 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson suited up for the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the major league color barrier, a 23 - year - old black ballplayer named Larry Doby began a big league career of his own when he pinch - hit for the Indians.
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Compare this to breaking the color barrier in baseball or the emergence of women's professional sports leagues in soccer or basketball.
She also recalled that Barber was the Dodger announcer in 1947 when Jackie Robinson joined the team and broke major league baseball's color barrier.
Chadwick Boseman plays the baseball great, who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier by joining the Dodgers in 1947.
Starring Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford and Christopher Meloni, this movie honors baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who grew up in Georgia and went on to break Major League Baseball's color barrier.