In the 1940s, the United States was still racially divided for many years. This also applied in the sports game where African American and white players played in the different leagues. Because Jim Crow laws were applied which state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States (Fremon, D. K. 2000). After the American experience, the horror and depressing part of World War II, the black and white Americans began to question segregation practices. People would take initiative to end segregation, like Brooklyn Dodger's general manager Branch Rickey by experimenting with a black player to play in white leagues.
