Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, but it took another generation of Black and Latino players to make the sport truly open to all. Playing in remote minor-league towns, these were the men who, before they could live their big-league dreams, first had to beat Jim Crow.
James 'Mudcat' Grant
Grover 'Deacon' Jones
Jimmy Wynn
J.R. Richard
Tony Pérez
Orlando Cepeda