In the context of postwar civil rights, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, challenging the longstanding exclusion of black players from major league baseball.
Jack Robinson was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). His signing by the Brooklyn Dodgers began the end of racial segregation in professional baseball.
Earlier, black players were made to play in their own Negro leagues. There was plenty of resistance to this move, even from some Dodger players. But the management and a whole lot of teammates stood behind him. Robinson was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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