Staff Report
Tue, May 13 2008 The Hall of Fame plaques of Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby will become the first to leave their home in Cooperstown, acting Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said in a media release Wednesday. As part of the Civil Rights Game Weekend, the plaques of Robinson and Doby will be on display from 4-6 p.m. Friday at the National Civil Right Museum in Memphis, Tenn., as part of Major League Baseball's "Baseball and Civil Rights Movement." There will be a roundtable discussion featuring Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, Sharon Robinson, Jackie's daughter, Mets general manager Omar Minaya, White Sox general manager Kenny Williams, Martin Luther King III and Ambassador Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X. On Saturday, the plaques can be seen during the second annual Civil Rights Game at Memphis' AutoZone Park, where the Mets and White Sox will play at 4 p.m. Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Later that season, Doby became the first African-American to play in the American League, suiting up for the Cleveland Indians.
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