The 1902 Cuban Giants baseball team. The Cuban Giants were "the first full-time professional black baseball team" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27Rbaseball.html"><i>The New York Times</i> April 27, 2008).</a>
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