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Remembering Don Newcombe and the fight against Jim Crow baseball
February 22, 2019In memory of Don Newcombe, People’s World’s reprints a feature story on him and Roy Campanella from a 1946 edition of the Daily Worker.
Read moreFormer Dodgers great Don Newcombe dies at 92
February 20, 2019"Don Newcombe’s presence and life established him as a role model for Major Leaguers across the country."
Read moreHonoring Frank Robinson’s legacy
February 8, 2019Let’s honor Frank Robinson’s legacy by continuing to hold fast in our fight for social, racial, and economic justice.
Read moreFrank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83
February 8, 2019Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame. His legacy, however, was cemented that day in 1975 when he simply stood in the dugout at old Cleveland Stadium...
Read moreCuban baseball players can now play Major Leagues without defecting
December 21, 2018MLB, the players' union, and Cuba have reached a new deal that will let Cuban players sign without having to abandon their country and their families.
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