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Chicago Theater Review: THE TRIAL OF MOSES FLEETWOOD WALKER (Black Ensemble Theater) by Lawrence Bommer

A VICTORIAN TALE FOR TODAY Jackie Robinson was not, it seems, the first black baseball player in the major leagues. Long before 1946, Moses Fleetwood Walker was a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings and later for the Syracuse Stars. He was an invaluable athlete circa 1884, so much so that local racists became fans […]

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:03PM on February 20, 2015

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