COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

JACKIE ROBINSON TAKING FIELD WAS FIRST EVENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA

AFTER JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE MLB COLOR BARRIER MANY MANY EVENTS FOLLOWED HIM IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA

BY 1951 THERE WERE 14 BLACK MLB PLAYERS AND OTHER PRO SPORTS WERE INTEGRATING ASWELL

HELPED BLACKS VOTE IN SOUTH AND HELP RAISE MONEY FOR CHURCHES WITH MLK JR.

MAGIC JOHNSON THOUGHT OF JACKIE WHEN HE BECAME A MINORITY OWNER OF DOGERS AND THE FIRST AA OWNER IN MLB HISTORY