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5.15.2004

 

A step in the right direction

Judy Johnson
During the early to mid 1900's, the Negro Leagues demonstrated that black baseball players had as much and many times more talent than the Major Leaguers of their time, with legendary players such as Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Delawhere's own Judy Johnson, and many more. The League and its surviving members have received a bit of credit with Ken Burns' documentary Baseball and other projects. But, they have still been forgotten. Now, the MLB will try to atone for past actions by paying pensions of those players who played in the Negro Leagues after Jackie Robinson broke into the Big Leagues.

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