Drew Bartkiewicz 6/16/21 Drew Bartkiewicz 6/16/21

First Black Player in Major Leagues? Hint: It Wasn’t Jackie Robinson

For decades, no one knew who the first black major leaguer was. Today, a consensus of the game’s historians believe a former slave named William Edward White was the first.

Drew Bartkiewicz 11/15/20 Drew Bartkiewicz 11/15/20

First Black Player in Major Leagues? Hint: It Wasn’t Jackie Robinson

For decades, no one knew who the first black major leaguer was. Today, a consensus of the game’s historians believe a former slave named William Edward White was the first.