Major League Baseball color barrier
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The Major League Baseball color barrier was the unwritten but rigid segregation policy that kept Black players out of the major leagues until Jackie Robinson broke it in 1947.
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| Major League Baseball color barrier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7242051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Major League Baseball color barrier Context triple: [I Never Had It Made, mainSubject, Major League Baseball color barrier]
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A.
Negro Leagues
The Negro Leagues were a collection of professional African American baseball leagues in the United States that operated during the era of racial segregation and showcased many of the sport’s greatest talents before integration into Major League Baseball.
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B.
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
The Major League Baseball All-Century Team is a roster of the sport’s greatest players of the 20th century, selected through fan voting and a panel of experts and unveiled in 1999.
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C.
Major League Baseball labor disputes
Major League Baseball labor disputes are recurring conflicts between team owners and players over issues like salaries, free agency, and working conditions that have led to strikes, lockouts, and significant disruptions to the sport.
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D.
Jackie Robinson Day
Jackie Robinson Day is an annual Major League Baseball celebration on April 15 honoring Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the sport’s color barrier, during which all players wear his retired number 42.
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E.
The Jackie Robinson Story
The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film in which baseball legend Jackie Robinson portrays himself, dramatizing his historic breaking of Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major League Baseball color barrier Target entity description: The Major League Baseball color barrier was the unwritten but rigid segregation policy that kept Black players out of the major leagues until Jackie Robinson broke it in 1947.
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A.
Negro Leagues
The Negro Leagues were a collection of professional African American baseball leagues in the United States that operated during the era of racial segregation and showcased many of the sport’s greatest talents before integration into Major League Baseball.
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B.
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
The Major League Baseball All-Century Team is a roster of the sport’s greatest players of the 20th century, selected through fan voting and a panel of experts and unveiled in 1999.
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C.
Major League Baseball labor disputes
Major League Baseball labor disputes are recurring conflicts between team owners and players over issues like salaries, free agency, and working conditions that have led to strikes, lockouts, and significant disruptions to the sport.
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D.
Jackie Robinson Day
Jackie Robinson Day is an annual Major League Baseball celebration on April 15 honoring Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the sport’s color barrier, during which all players wear his retired number 42.
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E.
The Jackie Robinson Story
The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film in which baseball legend Jackie Robinson portrays himself, dramatizing his historic breaking of Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
discriminatory practice
ⓘ
historical phenomenon ⓘ racial segregation policy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
baseball color line
ⓘ
color line in Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| basedOn |
race
ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ |
| brokenBy | Jackie Robinson ⓘ |
| brokenInContextOf | Brooklyn Dodgers ⓘ |
| brokenInLeague | National League ⓘ |
| brokenOn | 1947-04-15 ⓘ |
| causedCreationOf |
Negro leagues
ⓘ
linked to:
Negro Leagues
separate Black professional baseball leagues ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
Branch Rickey
ⓘ
civil rights advocates ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Black press
ⓘ
civil rights organizations ⓘ some white sportswriters ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
civil rights histories
ⓘ
sports journalism ⓘ |
| emergedAfter | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| endedWith | gradual integration of all MLB teams after 1947 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Major League Baseball executives
ⓘ
linked to:
Major League Baseball executive
Major League team owners ⓘ informal agreement among club owners ⓘ |
| excludes |
African American players
ⓘ
Black players ⓘ |
| fullyDismantledBy | 1950s ⓘ |
| hadException |
Moses Fleetwood Walker in 19th century professional baseball
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linked to:
Moses Fleetwood Walker
|
| hasCharacteristic |
informal but rigid policy
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racially exclusionary ⓘ unwritten rule ⓘ |
| influenced |
broader civil rights discourse
ⓘ
integration of other professional sports leagues ⓘ |
| legacy | ongoing discussions of race and equality in baseball ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
enforced through custom and hiring practices
ⓘ
not codified in formal MLB rules ⓘ |
| maintainedUntil | 1947 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some players and managers ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier integrated professional baseball in the 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Jim Crow laws
ⓘ
Negro leagues ⓘ
linked to:
Negro Leagues
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
economic marginalization of Black baseball players
ⓘ
exclusion of Black players from Major League rosters ⓘ segregated fan experiences in some ballparks ⓘ |
| startPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy | exclusion of Black players from Major League fields ⓘ |
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