The Forgotten All-Star Game That Helped Integrate Baseball
by Stephanie Liscio from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4KEFQ)
When Cleveland celebrated its sixth time hosting MLB's All-Star Game last week, it might have seemed an odd event to commemorate baseball's integration. But when Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in April of 1947, becoming the first African-American to play in white organized"