Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball's Color Barrier

with Ted Reinstein, WCVB Journalist and Author

Monday, February 26 at 6:00pm

When Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in April 1947, he made history by breaking Major League Baseball’s longtime ban on Black players. What’s less known–and largely lost to history–is that a small army of men, women and institutions of many types fought for many long and bitter years prior to Robinson’s triumphant debut in Brooklyn. This story includes the founders of the Negro Leagues, the Black press, and even the Pullman Porters on America’s railroads, who risked their jobs to distribute African-American newspapers promoting integration in professional sports. Join WCVB-TV Chronicle’s Ted Reinstein to learn about the unsung heroes who were true pioneers, battling the color barrier for sixty years before Brooklyn, to make a path possible for Jackie Robinson. Sponsored by Friends of Dover COA

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