I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks.

Lawrence Eugene Dobywas an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseballwho was the second black player to break baseball’s color barrier and the first black player in the American League. A native of Camden, South Carolina, and three-sport all-state athlete while in high school in Paterson, New Jersey, Doby accepted a basketball scholarship from Long Island University.