Major League Baseball color barrier
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The Major League Baseball color barrier was the unwritten but rigid segregation policy that kept Black players out of the major leagues until Jackie Robinson broke it in 1947.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
discriminatory practice
ⓘ
historical phenomenon ⓘ racial segregation policy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
baseball color line
ⓘ
color line in Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Major League Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
race
ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ |
| brokenBy | Jackie Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brokenInContextOf | Brooklyn Dodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brokenInLeague | National League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brokenOn | 1947-04-15 ⓘ |
| causedCreationOf |
Negro leagues
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
separate Black professional baseball leagues ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
Branch Rickey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil rights advocates ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Black press
ⓘ
civil rights organizations ⓘ some white sportswriters ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
civil rights histories
ⓘ
sports journalism ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| endedWith | gradual integration of all MLB teams after 1947 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Major League Baseball executives
NERFINISHED
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Major League team owners ⓘ informal agreement among club owners ⓘ |
| excludes |
African American players
ⓘ
Black players ⓘ |
| fullyDismantledBy | 1950s ⓘ |
| hadException | Moses Fleetwood Walker in 19th century professional baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
informal but rigid policy
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racially exclusionary ⓘ unwritten rule ⓘ |
| influenced |
broader civil rights discourse
ⓘ
integration of other professional sports leagues ⓘ |
| legacy | ongoing discussions of race and equality in baseball ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
enforced through custom and hiring practices
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not codified in formal MLB rules ⓘ |
| maintainedUntil | 1947 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some players and managers ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier integrated professional baseball in the 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Jim Crow laws
NERFINISHED
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Negro leagues NERFINISHED ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
economic marginalization of Black baseball players
ⓘ
exclusion of Black players from Major League rosters ⓘ segregated fan experiences in some ballparks ⓘ |
| startPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy | exclusion of Black players from Major League fields ⓘ |
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