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<title>A century later, African-American baseball hero gets his due</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 26, 2013) Jackie Robinson is getting the big time Hollywood treatment with the new blockbuster &quot;42&quot;. Meanwhile, a much lesser known African American baseball hero is getting his due in the cradle of baseball history.In 1878, John Jackson - aka Bud Fowler - became the first African-American to play professional baseball with white men. His career spanned more than 30 years as a player, manager and entrepreneur. Fowler grew up in Cooperstown, NY, the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Last weekend, the town recognized his story of perseverance in the face of bigotry. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21865/20130426/a-century-later-african-american-baseball-hero-gets-his-due">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jackie Robinson is getting the big time Hollywood treatment with the new blockbuster &quot;42&quot;. Meanwhile, a much lesser known African American baseball hero is getting his due in the cradle of baseball history.In 1878, John Jackson - aka Bud Fowler - became the first African-American to play professional baseball with white men. His career spanned more than 30 years as a player, manager and entrepreneur. Fowler grew up in Cooperstown, NY, the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Last weekend, the town recognized his story of perseverance in the face of bigotry. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21865/20130426/a-century-later-african-american-baseball-hero-gets-his-due">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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