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" All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for. "
White
Me
People
" And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates. "
You
Man
Baseball
" Baseball regards us as sheep. "
Baseball
Sheep
Regards
" Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it. "
Relevant
Rebellion
Against
" But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer. "
Here
I Want You
Doing
" Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment. "
Environment
Story
Write
" I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times. "
Because
Would
Many
" If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person. "
Great
You
Ugly
" I'll also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life. "
Think
Change
Black
" I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. "
Fame
Shot
Money
" I'm a child of the sixties, I'm a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams. We were in Southeast Asia. Good men were dying for America and for the Constitution. "
Child
America
Men
" I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods. "
Human Being
Property
I Am
" It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball. "
Problems
Fans
Baseball
" I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America. "
God
America
World
" I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise. "
White
Black
Live
" People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy. "
Tragedy
Happy
Life
" Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did. "
American Dream
Succeed
Think
" The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry. "
About
Establishment
Baseball
" Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball. "
Unique
Growth
Baseball
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