Major League Baseball as a National Symbol in WWII and Postwar Civil Rights

This historical essay argues that Major League Baseball, and the game and associated cultural character, played an important role in defining American values and morale during World War II. In a further reflection of the national character, desegregation did not take place until after the war, traced by the student in the careers of Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby.
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