Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes who Helped Break Baseball's Color Barrier [Book]

In the April of 1945, exactly two years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, liberal Boston City Councilman Izzy Muchnick persuaded the Red Sox to try out three black players in return for a favorable vote to allow the team to play on Sundays. The Red Sox got the councilman's much-needed vote, but the tryout was a sham; the three players would get no closer to the major leagues. It was a lost battle in a war that was ultimately won by Robinson in 1947.

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

Before Brooklyn

Ted Reinstein Author Talk - Belmont Public Library

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

Author to discuss 'Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped

AROUND CAPE ANN: What Cape Ann residents read in 2021

Franklin Matters: Second Sunday Speaker Series with Chronicle's

Day 1 of 2022 baseball books: 75 years in, retelling Jackie

Ted Reinstein — Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped

Instagram இல் North Shore Public Library: Tuesday, February 21