Blacks reacted to being banned from baseball by quitting baseball entirely as a professional sport until baseball became integrated after World War II.

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While there were certainly individual African American players who stopped playing baseball, such as Satchel Paige, the statement is not accurate in suggesting that all Blacks collectively quit baseball as a professional sport until integration. In fact, there were several attempts at establishing separate all-Black leagues, such as the Negro National League, which operated between 1920 and 1931, and the Negro American League, which was active from 1937 to 1960.

Blacks Reacted to Being Banned from Baseball by Quitting Baseball