Negro League Forged Critical Baseball Milestones Despite Racism

• The documentary "The League" chronicles the history of the Negro leagues in baseball and corrects the misconception that Jackie Robinson was the first Black player in the major leagues.
• Moses Fleetwood Walker was actually the first Black player in professional baseball in 1884.
• The film explores how baseball integrated after World War II but failed to compensate the Negro leagues and their communities.
• Key figures like Rube Foster, Josh Gibson, and Effa Manley played major roles in the Negro leagues.
• "The League" presents a straightforward and poignant history of the Negro leagues and the racial barriers that Black baseball players faced.

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