An early example of racism in sport was the color ban in baseball dating back to 1867. Under this ban, “membership clubs composed of one or more colored players” were prohibited to participate in organized baseball according to the governing body of the National Association of Base Ball Players (Hylton, 1998, p. 389). This ban carried on as an unwritten rule as future baseball organizations developed, which was titled, the “Gentlemen’s Agreement” (Hylton, 1998, p. 389). When most people think of…
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