The color line was breached when Rickey, with Chandler 's support, signed the African American player Jackie Robinson in October 1945, intending him to play for the Dodgers. Chandler later wrote in his biography that although he risked losing his job as commissioner, he could not in good conscience tell black players they could not play with white players when they had fought alongside them in World War II. date
who was the first african american to play in baseball's major leagues
Jackie Robinson