Black History Month- Trailblazers

California State University at Bakersfield Athletics


Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was an African American professional baseball player who broke Major Leagues Baseball’s infamous “color barrier” when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947	Moses Fleetwood An American professional baseball catcher who, historically, was credited with being the first black man to play in Major League Baseball (MLB).


	Lena Horne Lena Horne is the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named in her honor.