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What Was Baseball Like In The 1940s
What was baseball like in the 1940s? Well baseball in the 1940s was very racist. Read my essay to learn about what life was like for Colored people in the 1940s.
Well baseball in the 1940s was very racist. Actually Biddy Owens was not a real person. Also the Negro Leagues ended in 1949. The Birmingham Black Barons also won the first half of the season. In conclusion sports used to be very rasiest.
In conclusion the author did not accurately portray the Negro Leagues. For example there was never a Biddy Owens. To sum it up the author was very inaccurate. In my book the author was very inaccurate. For example Biddy Owens was not a real person. Another thing is the book was written around 2000 when the events were in the 1940s. Next
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