Frank Grant (baseball)
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Ulysses Franklin Grant was an American professional baseball player in the 19th century. Early in his career, he was a star player in the International League, shortly before race-based restrictions w
Grant in 1887
Grant (front row, second from right) with the 1887 Buffalo Bisons. The following season, his teammates refused to appear with him for another photo.
Negro league baseball
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The Negro leagues were professional baseball leagues primarily in the United States comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the
Frank Grant (baseball)
…before race-based restrictions were imposed that banned African-American players from organized baseball. Grant then became a pioneer in the early Negro leagues, starring for several of the top African-American teams of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is widely considered to have been the greatest…
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Chicago Union Giants in 1905