Allowed Quote by Jackie 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 was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I was so…

— Hank Aaron

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

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 am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted, and will…

— Reggie Jackson

All the colleges I played, most of the colleges, they were white.

— Jimmy Smith

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.

— Curt Flood

I really, to be honest, thought baseball was my ticket out of the hood.

— Rich Homie Quan

Baseball has been something that's always been in my blood. It was just something I was bound to do no matter what. I was…

— Eddy Alvarez

I couldn't be a White Sox fan because that was like being a Mets or a Yankees fan.

— Hillary Clinton

Those days were very tough. All my teammates are white, and it was a different time. I couldn't go out to eat with the…

— Juan Marichal

Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans…

— Monte Irvin