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Description	Famous photograph dubbed A Handshake for the Century for featuring the first interracial handshake in a professional baseball game (Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, N.J. April 18, 1946)
Source	ThinkBlueLA.com : The Handshake – It’s All About Respect
Article	George Shuba
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	12:25, 30 September 2014	No thumbnail	515 × 443 (122 KB)	MusiCitizen (talk \| contribs)

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