http://www.answersleuth.com Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:08:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.answersleuth.com/what-did-baseball-mean-to-race-relations-and-the-american-identity-before-integration/ http://www.answersleuth.com/what-did-baseball-mean-to-race-relations-and-the-american-identity-before-integration/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:12 +0000 http://www.answersleuth.com/sports/what-did-baseball-mean-to-race-relations-and-the-american-identity-before-integration/ Baseball is the "National Pastime" and before World War II it was the most popular sport in America. No blacks were permitted to play in white organized ball until 1946 because of racist league management. What do you think the fact that blacks created their own separate leagues says about the role of baseball in the American identity?

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