The first African American player in Major League Baseball was Jackie Robinson.
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American baseball player and the first African-American to enter Major League Baseball. He played most of his professional career for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In addition to his outstanding career as a player, he made a firm political and community activity for equal rights and the fight against discrimination.
After the Civil War and reconstruction the New South became more diversified. It was mainly agricultural before but the new embraced the industrial part as well.
