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Between Innings

Integration Wasn’t the Whole Story

What Baseball, Education, and Jackie Robinson West Taught Me About Power

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Baseball Buddha
Apr 28, 2025
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I have hesitated to write about this but here goes… on April 15th, Major League Baseball honors Jackie Robinson, and this year, like every year, I thought about what Robinson accomplished. But I also found myself thinking about what wasn’t honored - the Black teams, Black owners, Black fans, and Black institutions that were left behind.

A few weeks ago, …

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