At the end of World War II there were no black players in major league baseball. The president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, however, intended to change that. For three years his scouts had searched the black leagues for a very special man--talented enough to succeed on the field and mature enough to take the abuse that would certainly come his way. In the summer of 1945 they made their choice. He was Jackie Robinson, shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs.
