Moses Walker

Moses Walker is the first baseball African American baseball player. He started playing in the big leagues in the nineteenth century. His nickname was Fleet. There was a contest that was in Louisville but some people didn’t want to play a black person. Most people didn't hide that he was not going to be happy their. Moses didn’t let them get under his skin and played 42 games until he got injured. He played for the Toledos. Moses’s position was a catcher. He was born in 1857 on October 7th. Moses did get paid.He wanted to play baseball even though he knew he was not allowed. He stood up for all people to be able to play baseball. Now anyone can play baseball. One say 3 white men tried to attack Moses so he stabbed one of them, he was sent to court and after was proved guilty and got sent to jail. He was in jail for a year. Moses had 5 other brothers and sisters. Later Moses had three children of his own. Sometimes when Moses would walk out on the field fans would yell mean things and call him names. I picked picked Moses walker because I think it is very hard  to go against the crowd, but did so he could do what he loves.