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Article: Hallowed be his record: Hank Aaron endured segregation and death threats on his way to 755 career home runs, revered as one of baseball's sacred milestones.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2007
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Byline: Jim Massie
Jul. 3--The weather might have been the most welcome news for the opening-day crowd in Cincinnati on April 13, 1954. A cloudless sky and 83-degree temperature greeted the Reds and the Milwaukee Braves for the afternoon game in Crosley Field.
In what would be a footnote for Cincinnati, Nino Escalera and Chuck Harmon were in uniform in the Reds' dugout. They were about to become the first non-white players in the history of the franchise. Although neither would appear in the game that day, their presence showed that times were changing.
In a little more than a month, the U.S. Supreme Court would rule in Brown vs. the Board of ...