Before Brooklyn: the secret heroes who helped break baseball's color barrier, MLB

More than a year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, there was another seismic moment in sports history. On March 21, 1946, former UCLA running back Kenny Washington--a teammate of Robinson's in college--signed a contract with the L.A. Rams, ending a long period in which African-American players were banned from league play.

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