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On This Day: April 8, 1987 - Al Campanis Resigned from the Dodgers After Controversial Remarks

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: April 8, 1987 - Al Campanis Resigned from the Dodgers After Controversial Remarks.

On this day April 8, 1987, longtime Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis was forced to resign just two days after making controversial remarks on national television suggesting that Black people may not be equipped to hold leadership roles in baseball. His comments aired during an interview on ABC’s Nightline, and the backlash was immediate and overwhelming.

The Dodgers, the same team that had made history by signing Jackie Robinson four decades earlier, moved quickly to distance...
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