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when charles evers was in the milatary he fell in love with a Filipino women but could not marry her because her skin was too light.in 1946 challes and his brother tried to register to vote but was turned away by the polling station by armed white people. in 1956 his activities and economic dealings got him in trouble in Philadelphia,so he moved to chicago. in 1969 he moved back to mississippi and was elected mayor of fayette.

lary doby was the first black player to play in the american leauge and was the second african american player to play in the mlb. in 1948 he helped the cleveland indians to there 2nd world series.before he signed with the indians he played in the negro leagues and was always overlooked by the color of his skin.

in 1947 jackie robinson and lary doby became the first 2 african americans to play in the american and national league. Before they made history by being the first black players in the mlb they were also segerated against in the negro league even though there talent was amazing. they were always being forced to do things that whites could do even though they were just as good as the white baseball players maybe even better. When they both made the majors in 1947 the did not play that much but the next year they both had amazing stats.