Larry Doby

Jackie Robinson is famous as the first African-American baseball player in the major leagues.

Do you know who was the second? Larry Doby. Unlike Robinson, Doby went right from the Negro Leagues to the major leagues. He was a great player and is in the Hall of Fame.

On July 10th, the House voted to award Doby the Congressional Gold Medal.

The late great Larry Doby is a deserving recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. He’s a WWII veteran, civil rights pioneer & Hall of Famer who joined Jackie Robinson to break baseball’s color barrier. Let’s celebrate his legacy! pic.twitter.com/x2AzJ50cLb
— Kay Coles James (@KayColesJames) July 10, 2018

Larry Doby won a Negro League World Series with the Newark Eagles in ‘46 & then won a @MLB World Series with the @indians in ‘48! @JayHarrisESPN @MLB_PLAYERS @Sut_ESPN @FOXSports @MLBONFOX @MLBNetwork @MLBNetworkRadio @sportingnews @JPosnanski @mellinger @MzCSmith @Buster_ESPN RT pic.twitter.com/wfsMByQRdo
— negroleaguesmuseum (@nlbmprez) October 29, 2018

ICYMI: Here's my latest thread on aspects of my book research, this one on the great Larry Doby. https://t.co/Gq4rBP0lOX
— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) April 14, 2021

I was born in Paterson.

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