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Red Sox Acknowledge Team’s Racism-Tinged Past

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|Date: July 28, 2011
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Red Sox Acknowledge Team’s Racism-Tinged Past

Blackstonian Editor's Note: former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey is famously quoted as saying "As long as I'm ...

Blackstonian Editor's Note: former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey is famously quoted as saying "As long as I'm alive, a Nigger will never wear a Red Sox uniform." The racist legacy of Yawkey was a major po ...

July 28, 2011
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