Answer. Wilson decided to use baseball as a backdrop for his play about African Americans in the 1950's. African Americans had their own league back then they were not permitted to play professional baseball..
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The subject would be that marcy likes goldfish, therefore, the goldfish is a noun
In the first stanza the poet says once he planted a seed in some good time that over the years blossomed into a beautiful flower; but people criticized it and called it a weed. All those who passed by his garden saw the flower and expressing their disapproval of its beauty would keep on criticizing