How a Baseball Team Broke Racial Barriers

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Educational

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Adults
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Long Island has been a part of many major turning points of American history, but has been overlooked as a battle ground in the civil rights movement. Author and history instructor Christopher Verga will discuss the impact of the Cuban Giants. This local minor league team produced players such as Solomon “Sol” White, who used his notoriety to desegregate the minor leagues years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the major leagues.