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How Jim ‘Mudcat’ Grant Inspired A Legacy Of Black Aces To Take The Mound

June 13, 2021, 7 p.m.

(Forbes) As one of the few Black pitchers in Major League Baseball during the 1950s, Jim "Mudcat" Grant had to not only battle the fierce bats of Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams, but also fight off the Jim Crow supporters who felt Blacks were unequipped to take the mound.

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