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"The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those J..." — Jackie Robinson
The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.
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