Who can turn this into their own word pls

“this article focuses on how athlete jackie robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947. the heroic details have often been repeated of how robinson joined the brooklyn dodgers and challenge segregation in all aspects of american life. relatively few people, however, know that baseball thrived in african american communities in the 50 years prior to that historic event. while this story is just as crucial, it is, perhaps, more difficult to understand. in 1868, the national association of baseball players had forbidden membership to any team or club that included "colored" ballplayers.”