Jimmy Wynn has written: 'Toy Cannon' -- subject(s): Baseball players, African American baseball players, Biography 'Toy Cannon' -- subject(s): Baseball players, African American baseball players, Biography
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Alex Belth has written: 'Stepping up' -- subject(s): African American baseball players, Baseball players, Biography
Click on the 'African American Firsts in MLB' to find out who each team's first African American player was and other facts.
The Negro Leagues
Baseball players can come from anywhere and everywhere in the world.
Jackie Robinson has written: 'Jackie Robinson's Little League baseball book' -- subject(s): Baseball, Juvenile literature 'First class citizenship' -- subject(s): Correspondence, Civil rights, African Americans, African American baseball players 'Breakthrough to the big league' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Baseball players, Biography, African Americans, Large type books 'Jackie Robinson, my own story' 'I Never Had It Made' -- subject(s): Baseball players, African Americans, Biography 'Favorites!' 'Breakthrough to the big league' -- subject(s): Baseball players, Juvenile literature, African American baseball players, Biography, Race discrimination
Phil Rogers has written: 'Ernie Banks' -- subject(s): Chicago Cubs (Baseball team), Baseball players, African American baseball players, Biography 'Throwing Pots'
African-American ball players played in Negro Leagues before 1947
David Zang has written: 'Fleet Walker's divided heart' -- subject(s): African American baseball players, Baseball, Baseball players, Biography, History, International League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Yes.
Many African American baseball players who even play in the MLB today, are inspired by Jackie Robinson because he broke the race barrier in baseball. Before him blacks weren't respected and had their own baseball league and full african american only teams.