On April 14, 1955, Elston Howard made history by becoming the first African American player to join the New York Yankees, breaking the team’s color barrier nearly a decade after Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Howard began his professional career with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League […]
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