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Rube Foster
American baseball player
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Ted Radcliffe
American baseball player
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Ray Dandridge
American baseball player
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Buck Leonard
American athlete
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Minnie Miñoso
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Oscar Charleston
American baseball player and manager
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John Henry Lloyd
American athlete and manager
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Smokey Joe Williams
American baseball player
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Roy Campanella
American athlete
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Buck O’Neil
American baseball player and manager
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Cool Papa Bell
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