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Black Heros Elected into Baseball Hall of Fame

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Jamie Jackson
December 15, 2021

FILE - Negro leagues great Buck O'Neil listens to remarks during a news conference for the former Kansas City Monarch at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 27, 2006. O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field, has joined Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso and three others in being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Cummins, File)

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