Nothing can happen to a ballplayer today, black or white, that can compare to what these guys went through.

Even our young black ballplayers don't seem to remember the significance of Robinson's contribution.

Many of the colleges represented in the tournament, he said, have not graduated a black ballplayer in 10 years.

My relationship with Jack was the same as it would have been with any ballplayer, black or white.

But nobody wants to be the first one to hire black ballplayers.

And he became the first - the first black ballplayer in the major leagues.

From 1884, black ballplayers were informally banned from organized baseball.

It reminded of another stereotype many held about black ballplayers.

Given the astounding success of black ballplayers, idiocies such as Walker's sound like a bad joke today.

Other teams, however, had more serious interest in signing a black ballplayer.