Editing Talk:Moses Fleetwood Walker (section)

== Edits by 24.196.83.46 ==
:Walker has traditionally been credited as the first African-American major league player. Recent research by the Society for American Baseball Research indicates William Edward White, who played one game for the Providence Grays in 1879, was the son of a white former slave-holder and his mulatto mistress.

SABR did not indicate White 'was the son of a white former slave-holder and his mulatto mistress.'

They indicated he may have been the first African-American major league player, as the previous version indicated.

I am reverting that change. [[User:Econrad|Econrad]] 1 July 2005 05:22 (UTC)

:From the Providence Journal 2/15/2004 (free registration required):

:"The mystery of White's background and life goes back to a plantation in rural Georgia. He was the son of a white plantation owner, who was also a captain in the Confederate Army, and his mulatto servant."

::OK, to be more precise: The anonymous user removed all references to the point that White may have been the first professional black baseball player.  Very misleading. [[User:Econrad|Econrad]] 3 July 2005 13:12 (UTC)

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Looking at other changes, the anonymous user also deleted the 'law school' reference from the section that read 'He then attended the University of Michigan law school'

Why?

I am reverting the entire edit.  

[[User:Econrad|Econrad]] 1 July 2005 05:33 (UTC)
:::Walker has traditionally been credited as the first African-American major league player? Nonsense. Walker has been ignored. The baseball universe parrots Bud Selig's hacks in the PR Department in claiming Jackie Robinson was first. Traditionally the world has run from Walker like he was a pariah.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/70.36.245.254|70.36.245.254]] ([[User talk:70.36.245.254|talk]]) 16:11, 9 April 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->