Al Quote by Frank Robinson

For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything.…

— Hank Aaron

I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community. What a better way to do so, going on…

— Matt Kemp

When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who…

— Jackie Robinson

I believe that the racial injustice which existed such a short time ago probably would have persisted longer if the color barrier had not…

— Harrison Ford

I just want to see more understanding and less racism in sports.

— Samuel Eto'o

American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it.

— Chad Harbach

If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

— Jackie Robinson

What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch…

— Walter Dean Myers

“The black newspaper writers were nearly unanimous in their support for integration, and so were the owners of Negro-league teams, even though Jim Crow…

— Jonathan Eig

The black press, some liberal sportswriters, and even a few politicians were banging away at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball. I never expected…

— Jackie Robinson

Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.

— Wes Westrum

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

— Leo Durocher