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What I Found Fascinating Was Just How Quickly The Best Of The Young Negro League Players Were Drafted Into The Major Leagues Once Branch Rickey Broke The Color Line By Hiring Jackie Robinson. It Was Clear That All Of The Major League Owners Already Knew The Talents Of The Black Ballplayers That They Had Refused To Let Into Their League.

We Need To Tell Young People That America Was Built By Men And Women Of All Colors And That The Future Of This Country Is Dependent On The Participation Of All Of Our Citizens.

As A Kid I Didn't See Black Cowboys On The Screen. What That Said To Me Was That There Were Things I Couldn't Do Or Be Because Of My Color. What We See Others Like Us Do Gives Us Permission To Expand Our Own Horizons.

Everything In Life Is Made Up...you Make Up That You Are Happy. You Make Up That You Are Sad. You Make Up That You Are In Love. If You Don't Make Up Your Own Life, Who's Going To Make It Up For You? It's Bad Enough When You Die And Everybody Can Make Up Their Own Stories About You. —mr. Hooft

With My Writing, What I Want To Do Is Humanize The Young People I Write About.