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Essay heading: fleet walker vs. jackie robinson
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A man who went by Fleet Walker accomplished the feat of being baseball's first black player more than sixty four years before Jackie Robinson made his debut for the Dodgers. He was born with the name Moses Fleetwood Walker, but went by the name Fleet ever since he was a little boy. In 1883, Walker signed a contract to play for the Toledo Blue Stockings, a minor league team in the Northwestern League...
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In 1883, Walker signed a contract to play for the Toledo Blue Stockings, a minor league team in the Northwestern League. He was their catcher. In early 1884, a few months after the 1883 season ended, Toledo joined the American Association, a professional baseball league. It was on that day, that Fleet Walker officially became the first African American baseball player to play the sport professionally...
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