In pictures: 'Negro' baseball stars honoured (BBC)

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Sat Jul-29-06 02:32 PM
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In pictures: 'Negro' baseball stars honoured (BBC)

Baseball was segregated until 1947 - and nearly 60 years later, the Hall of Fame has specially admitted 17 outstanding African-Americans, including power hitter "Mule" Suttles.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5204974.stm

A gallery of 10 photos.

(Sorry if this is a dupe, didn't see this article earlier).

Remind your kids that their parents or grandparents grew up in a society where segregation was, for many people, just taken for granted. "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

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