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Barrier Breakers Timeline - NLBM
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Curt Roberts: The Man Responsible for Breaking the Pirates' Color Barrier - Bucs Dugout
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Sons of Jackie Robinson: Remembering the players who broke the color line for the other 15 teams of that era - Sports Illustrated
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Celebrating Tom Alston, 02/22/2021
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Indian Head Museum telling story of all Black baseball team The Rockets
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St. Louis Cardinals - Tom Alston was the first African American to play for the Cardinals. Making his debut on Opening Day in 1954, Alston's first two hits were home runs on
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Major League Baseball Celebrates 'Jackie Robinson Day' Saturday, Broke Colorline in 1947 - Space Coast Daily
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Predicting future inductees to the Cardinals Hall of Fame - Viva El Birdos
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St. Louis Cardinals - On this date in 1954, Tom Alston became the first African American to play for the #STLCards. His debut opened the door for other African American ballplayers to
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Tom Alston - NLBM
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Black History Month: More stories of local people who made history
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Obituary: Joe Cunningham (1931-2021) – RIP Baseball