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Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB)?

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Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB)?

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the white major baseball leagues on Apr. 15, 1947, when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. He was the first African American in the MLB since African-Americans had been excluded from major league baseball in 1884. Robinson was also the first black vice president of a major American corporation, Chock full o’Nuts, and helped establish the African-American-owned Freedom National Bank in Harlem, New York, to help Black citizens receive essential loans.

What’s the Jackie Robinson Museum?

The new Jackie Robinson Museum in Lower Manhattan is New York City’s first museum dedicated mainly to the civil rights movement. The venue opens on Sept. 5, 2022.

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