❐ How baseball's first commissioner led a conspiracy of silence to preserve baseball's color line
2020 Oct 16
When commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis received a petition to integrate baseball with over a million signatures, he simply ignored it. APA via Getty Images
By removing Kenesaw Mountain Landis' name from the plaques awarded to each league's MVP, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America acknowledged Landis' role in upholding segregation.