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Moses Fleetwood Walker: The Forgotten Man Who Actually Integrated Baseball | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
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Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first African American to play pro baseball, six decades before Jackie Robinson
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