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Which event marked the beginning of segregation in professional baseball in the late 1800s?
Congress passed a law segregating all sports.
Branch Rickey fought for segregation before the Supreme Court.
An executive order requiring segregation was issued.
Baseball owners reached an informal agreement on segregation.
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Baseball owners reached an informal agreement on segregation.
Explanation: In the late 1800s team owners adopted a "gentlemen's agreement" (and some leagues like the International League issued bans around 1887) that excluded Black players from organized professional baseball. It was not a Congressional law or executive order, and Branch Rickey was actually instrumental decades later in breaking the color line.
Explanation: In the late 1800s team owners adopted a "gentlemen's agreement" (and some leagues like the International League issued bans around 1887) that excluded Black players from organized professional baseball. It was not a Congressional law or executive order, and Branch Rickey was actually instrumental decades later in breaking the color line.
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