Jackie Robinson Signing With Organized Baseball, October 23, 1945.

ID: 3940 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the National World War II Museum, New Orleans, LA. ~ Creator: Photo by Getty Images.
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Jackie Robinson Signing With Organized Baseball, October 23, 1945.

Jackie Robinson, in military uniform, becomes the first African American to sign with a white professional baseball team. He signs a contract with the minor league club in Montreal, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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