Day 4-Baseball

The question posed today is how we would use baseball to teach about history. It would be easy to tie it in to the Harlem Renaissance. For instance, I could use the example of how the Boston Red Sox were some of the most racist baseball organizations in the league. But they did integrate just like the others did. Most students know who Jackie Robinson was but it would be great to have them find more sports figures who were discriminated against because of their race. I would open it up to all races not just African Americans.