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Antique baseball

Blacks, Baseball, and the Civil War

Source: The New York Times

In this account of baseball history, read about black ball clubs’ interactions with white ball clubs and how the players fought for more equality on and off the field.

This entry was posted in A New Birth of Freedom and tagged History, Sports on March 11, 2018 by Anita Hacker.

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