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Moses Fleetwood Walker, a college graduate who attended law school at Ann Arbor, played for Toledo of the American Association -- then a major league -- in 1884. He was later joined by his brother. At the time there were also several African-American players in the minor leagues.

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Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League Baseball.

Emmett Ashford is the first black umpire in a major league game when Cleveland beats Washington

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Jackie Robinson.

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