It was harder for him to join because he is an african american
It was harder for him to join because he is african american and because of segregation. It was also hard to join beacause of racial intolerance.
black athletes were excluded for participating in sports.
Short Term: “In addition to racial intolerance, economic and other complex factors contributed to segregation in baseball” (library of congress).
‘’During the early 1900s, most black athletes were excluded from participating in organized sports internationally and professional competitions such as the Olympics.
Society forced African-Americans to establish segregated, independent teams and leagues in football, basketball, baseball, cricket, and rugby’’ (“The History of Racisim in Sports”).
many black Americans were excluded from sports because of racial segregation. Black americans were excluded beacause of the way they looked. The sports committee did not care how they played they just based is off of skin color.
It was harder for him to join because he is african american and because of segregation. It was also hard to join beacause of racial intolerance.