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Brooklyn Eagles Negro League team, 1935
Jackie Robinson
Population density of African Americans
Percentage of African American population living in the American South
Jim Crow era drinking fountains
Jim Crow era swimming pool
Babe Ruth score card, 1931
The Home-Run King by Babe Ruth, 1920
Hank Aaron with the Indianapolis Clowns, 1954
Hank Aaron blasts his record-breaking 715th home run
1945 edition of Negro Baseball magazine
Laundromat in the Jim Crow South
Photo of African American baseball players
Pittsburgh Crawfords, 1935
Jackie Robinson with the Kansas City Monarchs
The Great Migration
Babe Ruth is gifted a solid silver crown dubbing him the “Sultan of Swat,” 1921
Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King, 1962
Jackie Robinson signs a contract with Branch Rickey, 1946
Jackie Robinson steals home in the 1955 World Series