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Originally Posted by MrBug708
Showed a lot of fear black athletes had as you can tell the death threats really had him spooked, especially when two white guys made it that far to congratulate him. He was probably my first baseball hero that didn't play for a team I rooted for. All because I read an awesome bio about him as a kid
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Pretty much the same for me. I knew of Henry Aaron from watching the Braves broadcasts as a kid. It was not I read his biography which led to me searching out interviews were he talked about his experiences that I really appreciate how great a man he was. A pretty good ball player as well.
RIP
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946
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