Op-ed: A look back at the first Black Oriole

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Op-ed: A look back at the first Black Oriole

By Kenneth Lasson There was no Black History Month when the Baltimore Orioles returned to the modern-era Major Leagues in 1954– and only one player of color on the Opening […]

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