The First Black player in modern Major League Baseball: Jackie Robinson

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Jack “Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson broke the color barrier and became the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

NY Firsts - Jackie Robinson — Jackie Robinson in his Brooklyn Dodgers Uniform. National Archives.

NY Firsts - Jackie Robinson at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown — Jackie Robinson bats at Cooperstown's Doubleday Field on July 23, 1951, during the Hall of Fame Game against the Athletics. Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY.