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Culture

Jackie Robinson wasn’t the only candidate to break baseball’s color line

Branch Rickey’s search ranged widely across Latin America and the Negro Leagues

By Bijan C. Bayne

Sports

John Wright had the talent, but couldn’t follow Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers

The second Black player signed by Branch Rickey, he had a mixed season in the minors and became a footnote in history

By John Florio Ouisie Shapiro