Color Barrier officially broken

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2010-10-15 20:25
Classification: 
Sport: Related to professional or amateur sporting events, including interscholastic athletic events.
Event Date: 
1946
Characteristics: 
of United States importance
Description: 

Although a few black players had been allowed to play professional sports before 1946, it was not until Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to play major league baseball that the racial barrier broke in all professional sports. Because of this event, Jackie Robinson is the only baseball player in history to have his jersey retired by all thirty teams.

Reference Citation: 

Polidoro, J. Richard (2000) Sport and Physical Activity in the Modern World. Retrieved from pg. 78.

Contributors: 
A.J. Allen

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