Integration Wasn’t the Whole Story
What Baseball, Education, and Jackie Robinson West Taught Me About Power
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, …