Monte Irvin Quotes

I Was All-state In Four Sports In New Jersey, But Sometimes I Couldn't Get Served At A Restaurant Two Blocks From My High School. There Were No Job Opportunities Then ... The Only Thing A Black Youth Could Aspire To Be Was A Bellboy Or A Pullman Or An Elevator Operator, Or, Maybe, A Teacher. There Was A Time When All We Had Was Black Baseball.

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