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February 2010 Pic of the Month
A Rosa Parks Baseball? Inspiring Curt Flood’s Battle with Major League Baseball

Curt Flood (left) and pitcher Bob Gibson, had been close friends since their days in the minor leagues. Gibson privately supported Flood in his activism, but in spite of being one of the best pitchers in the game, he feared backing Flood publicly would put him on baseball’s blacklist. ID.THF76597

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