Baseball’s first Civil Rights Game meant a lot to Preston Wilson, the only black player on the St. Louis Cardinals.
“When you say civil rights, you think about the struggles, especially for my race, to be considered equals - or to even be the same type of human being,” Wilson said. “It’s just the culmination of everything that leads up to finally achieving a point where the whole world views everyone the same no matter where they are from or what they look like.
Posted: March 31st, 2007.
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