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First Inter-Racial Game

Salience Noteworthy
Tags African Americans
City/State/Country: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Game Base Ball
Age of Players Adult
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The game between the Olympic and Pythian Clubs of Philadelphia on Sep. 3, 1869, is the first known interracial game.

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Casway, Jerrold, in Felber, Bill, Ed., Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (2013), pp. 68-70

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