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Jackie Robinson paved the way for African Americans to play baseball in America.  He was rising as a star at a time when the morality of racial segregation was just starting to be questioned.  Robinson was the first African American ballplayer of the twentieth century.  He dealt with bigotry from the beginning of his career as he pushed toward his goal of integrating the sport of baseball.

Jackie Robinson's effect on baseball

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