“He didn’t have a prejudiced bone in his body.”
J.L. Wilkinson, a diminutive white man from Algona, Iowa became the only white owner in the Negro Leagues behind the testimony of Buck O’Neil. The rest was history as Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs went on to become the Negro Leagues Baseball’s most decorated franchise.
Fighting through the mire of segregation, some of the game’s greatest players make-up the backdrop.
Jackie Robinson was the perfect man to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
J.L. Wilkinson’s gamble paid off in a major way amongst the working class.
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