MOSES "FLEETWOOD" WALKER

Moses "Fleetwood" Walker was the first African-American to play major league baseball. He did so with a Toledo, Ohio team 64 years before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's "color barrier" in 1947.  He was an accomplished catcher who played without a glove. He was a man of rare courage who overcame name calling, racial slurs, and outright hostility. Walker also was an educated man who attended two colleges and studies a wide range of subjects. Later in life, he published a newspaper and invented an exploding artillery shell.

Item # 1935