Before Brooklyn: the Unsung Heroes who Helped Break Baseball's Color Barrier (Zoom)

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General, Adults, Seniors
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Author Ted Reinstein will be discussing his book Before Brookly: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball's Color Barrier.

Join us and learn about the little-known heroes who fought segregation in baseball, from communist newspaper reporters to the Pullman car porters who saw to it that black newspapers espousing integration in professional sports reached the homes of blacks throughout the country.

Hosted on Zoom. Free and open to all.

This program is brought to you by Warner Library, Pearl River Public Library, Suffern Free Library, Monroe Free Library, Mamakating Library, and Putnam Valley Library.