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The Negro American League

in 1945, Jackie Robinson entered the Negro American League to play for the Kansas City Monarchs. In this clip, teammate Buck O’Neil recounts that when the team bus stopped at a gas station in Oklahoma, and the station attendant stated that the restroom was "for whites only,” Robinson told the attendant “No restroom, no gas.” Fearing the loss of a large sale of gasoline, the attendant agreed to let them use the restroom.  

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PBS Learning Media

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