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| | The History of Jim Crow |
 | | It would be a mistake, however, to think that the history of Jim Crow and sports is like the plot of a B-grade sports movie, where the spunky, talented kid gets a break, wins the game, and lives happily ever after. |
 | | Jeffries, a man who had once proclaimed, "I will not fight a Negro!" and was perceived as the "Great White Hope," conceded, "I could never have whipped Johnson at my best, I couldn't have hit him. |
 | | Quick, physical, and with unparalleled ball-handling skills, the Globetrotters suffered all the indignities of travel under Jim Crow restrictions: pay that was not commensurate with their skills and the need to use clowning and gimmickry to make their victories over white teams palatable to their audiences. |
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