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arthel: all eyes on the wnba as it is facing a social media firestorm sensation caitlin clark took a brutally hard shot in the indiana beavers went over the chicago sky yesterday but both are coaching fans claim there is a target on her back. christina coleman is live in los angeles with more. so tell us, how is oblique responding? >> a lot is happening right now. the chicago sky guard kennedy carter his battle against caitlin clark has been upgraded to a flagrant foul after legal review of this incident.
interest in the history of the negro-leagues can reduce the trend? >> reverend al, i can tell you what i know. in 1982 when i worked for san francisco examiner, i did something that had never been done before or since. i did a detailed study on this. 1982, there were 18% african americans in baseball. the all-time high was the mid- '70s at 27%. from talking to black players, white players, executives, all on the record, there were people who told me, again on the record, that there was a quota system in major- league baseball that was purposely phasing out african americans. that's how i became close with hank aaron in 1982. the consensus was by the turn- of-the-century, the 21st century that the numbers would be below 10%, which they are right now. matter of fact, the smoking gun reverend al, at a white scout gave me a computerized report for major-league baseball in 1982 with a flat race.
because documenting the negro- leagues have been a massive undertaking. archivists have spent decades coming through box scores and newspaper reports and the process continues because information is incomplete. the research is teaching us not only about baseball but the racial history of our country. >> it tells you that a lot of this was done on purpose. i was close to hank aaron, hank and i used to talk about it all the time, about how it used to get him upset along with myself, that a lot of people misunderstand what happened on april 15th, 1947. they always say jackie robinson proved to the brooklyn dodgers that blacks could take -- could play baseball. -- blacks could play baseball. it was a fear factor for officials, that they could play and they would overshadow the
they were keeping track of how many african americans were in the game. with the national football league with the scouting report, the nba, the scouting report back then, they did not have race on forms, only major- league baseball. >> that is 32, 33 years ago that you sounded the trumpet. author and journalist terrence moore, thank you for being with us. thank you again. up next, my final thoughts. stay with us. with us. not flossing well? then add the whoa! of listerine to your routine. new science shows listerine is 5x more effective than floss at reducing plaque above the gumline. for a cleaner, healthier mouth. ahhhhh. listerine. feel the whoa! slowing my cancer from growing and living longer are two things i want from my metastatic breast cancer treatment.
welcome back to politics nation. this week, major league baseball incorporated negro leauge statistics into their historical record. the long-overdue step recognizes the contributions, made to the sport by roughly 2300 black athletes. including players like josh gibson, who now leads the league in several career batting categories. eclipsing records set by legends, like babe ruth and ty cobb. joining me now to talk about it, is national sports contributor for forbes.com, terrence moore, author of the real hank aaron.
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to the index now. thursday marks the 80th anniversary of d day, the allied invasion that turned the tide of world war ii. more than 60 u.s. veterans of world war ii arrived in france today for ceremonies. the group ranging in age from 96 to 107 years old. on june 6th, 1944, 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches at normandy to begin the liberation of europe from the nazis. more than 2500 americans were killed on d day itself. still ahead, the team without a school. college baseball's unlikely heros. i've always been prone to hair thinning. i'm genetically predisposed.