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Jackie Robinson Day: More than 100 MLB players donate game-day salaries to the Players Alliance
“Each year, April 15 marks a profoundly important date on MLB’s calendar: Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the anniversary of Robinson’s 1947 major-league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, which brought a tragically belated end to the color barrier at the highest level of professional baseball. Thanks to Robinson’s pioneering achievement and the fortitude and ferocity necessary…
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MLK’s legacy endures: ‘Times are changing’
“Standing before a packed, rapt congregation at St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized the moment’s weight and its fragility. The date was May 6, 1963. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were five weeks into a direct-action campaign to fight Birmingham’s segregation system with mass meetings, sit-ins,…
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Cubs’ Heyward: ‘Still a lot of optimism’ for change, equity
“The term “inflection point” became so common this summer that it almost became a cliche in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police and protests across the country demanding justice, police reform and recognition of the lived reality of Black and brown Americans.T It seemed especially common in professional sports as players from…
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After summer awakening, MLB players are taking their efforts to the streets
“On Saturday afternoon, a black tractor-trailer truck will rumble from one down-and-out neighborhood in Baltimore to another down-and-out neighborhood in Washington, a journey about baseball and the Black experience. The final month of 2020 is here, and thank the high heavens for that. But with that truck will come the reminders of what has happened…
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Players Alliance Gives Back on 33-City Tour
“Cross-country tour provides COVID-19 supplies, baseball gear to Black communities A big black semi-trailer truck full of gear and cheer rolled into the Bronx on Tuesday, ready to deliver to those in need. Adorned with the logo of The Players Alliance, a nonprofit organization comprised of more than 150 active and former Major League players, the truck…
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Black Players Continued a Mentoring Tradition Amid a Pandemic
“When this year’s minor league season was canceled, several veteran African-American M.L.B. players got on Instagram and set up Zoom calls to pay forward the guidance they received. Early in his major league career, Curtis Granderson never went hungry around Dmitri Young, particularly in Kansas City, Mo. Whenever the Detroit Tigers traveled there, Young, one…
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Baseball’s power players put real money behind Black participation
The Undefeated – “For a certain type of fan, baseball is one thing: the Major Leagues. But for even more people, the top flight of the sport is more of a vehicle and aspirational body that exists for the purposes of the sport overall. Meaning, anything that happens at the Major League level is a…
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Players’ Alliance Gets $10 Million From M.L.B. and Union to Build Diversity
New York Times – “The money is a substantial boost to the 12-week-old group formed by current and former players to increase Black participation at all levels of the sport. Major League Baseball and the players’ union have pledged $10 million to the Players Alliance, a nonprofit formed this summer by more than 100 current and…
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Players Alliance Members Donating MLB Salaries
“The Players Alliance, made up of more than 100 Black current and former MLB players, announced Thursday that its members will donate their salaries from Thursday’s and Friday’s games to the organization to support its efforts to combat racial inequality and aid Black families and communities affected by recent events. MLB is celebrating Jackie Robinson…
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