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title: "Who was the first African-American to play for the last Major League team to integrate it's roster?"  
description: "Who was the first African-American to play for the last Major League team to integrate it's roster?"  
author: "Sharon Parkar"  
published: 2018-02-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34860/who-was-the-first-african-american-to-play-for-the-last-major-league-team-to-integrate-it-s-roster  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["baseball"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who was the first African-American to play for the last Major League team to integrate it's roster?

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