Moses Fleetwood Walker
Moses Fleetwood ″Fleet″ Walker (October 7, 1856 – May 11, 1924) was an American baseball player, inventor, and author. He is credited with being the first African American to play major league baseball. Walker played one season as the catcher of the Toledo Blue Stockings, a club in the American Association. He then played in the minor leagues until 1889, when professional baseball erected a color barrier that stood for nearly 60 years. After leaving baseball, Walker became a businessman and advocate of Black nationalism.
Read more about Moses Fleetwood Walker: Early Life, Collegiate Baseball, Minor Leagues, Major Leagues, Return To Minors, Color Line Drawn, Death, Legacy
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“Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.”
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