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Breaking the Color Line: 1940 to 1946

By Library of Congress

In 1945, the Jim Crow policies of baseball changed forever when Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson of the Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs agreed to a contract that would bring Robinson into the major leagues in 1947.

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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Toni Morrison brings the genius of a master writer to this personal inquiry into the significance of African-Americans in the American literary imagination.

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Toni Morrison
1992
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Toni Morrison Beautifully Answers an "Illegitimate" Question on Race (Jan. 19, 1998) - Charlie Rose

In 1998, Charlie asked Toni Morrison about a question a journalist had once posed to her: "Can you imagine writing a novel not centered around race?" This is her amazing response.

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Toni Morrison
2015
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