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Old 04-16-2013, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by yanks12025 View Post
Isn't it unfair that jackie gets all the credit and he wasn't even the first African American. Most people don't even know about Moses fleetwood walker. I think he doesn't get recognized because he didn't have a long/good career.

The guy who never got any credit was the first African-American in the American League, Larry Doby. He went through a lot of the same things Jackie went through but has always been in the shadows.
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