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2012 Civil Rights Game
Game honors heroes of civil rights
Baseball
celebrated
prominent figures
in the fight for equality at the Civil Rights Game in Atlanta.
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Beacons:
Newcombe
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Lewis
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Hanley homers twice, Dodgers win Civil Rights Game
Hanley Ramirez hit a pair of home runs and the Dodgers hit four as a team in a 6-2 victory over the Braves in the Civil Rights Game. The Dodgers' power display included back-to-back-to-back homers in the second inning.
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Atlanta's heritage
Braves' African-American heritage
Breaking Barriers
Nine values of Jackie Robinson
Photos: Youth Summit
Former players helped kids learn game
Headlines
Civil rights heroes honored in pregame ceremony
Bourn: Aaron, others 'paved the way for us'
Clemente's story tale of civil rights in US
Newcombe honored with Beacon Award
As baseball celebrates past, future in focus
Selig: Chipper has place with game's greats
Dodgers take Civil Rights Game on four HRs
Homers sink Sheets, Braves in Civil Rights Game
Braves host youth clinic before Civil Rights Game
History comes alive for Civil Rights Game
Video
Civil Rights Roundtable
Braves host youth clinic
Aaron, Robinson on Civil Rights
Newcombe receives Beacon Award
Civil Rights Game History
2011: Phillies vs. Braves
Atlanta played host for the first time with an educational weekend culminating in a close Civil Rights Game won by the Braves .
2010: Cardinals vs. Reds
Willie Mays, Billy Jean King and Harry Belafonte were recognized with MLB Beacon Awards during a moving Civil Rights weekend in Cincinnati.
2009: White Sox vs. Reds
The prevailing theme at the 2009 Civil Rights Game weekend in Cincinnati was that the civil rights movement marches inexorably on.
2008: Mets vs. White Sox
The second Civil Rights Game capped a weekend of events that celebrated the role baseball has played in the historical struggle for equal rights.
2007: Cardinals vs. Indians
The inaugural Civil Rights Game and events were about memorializing a movement in which Major League Baseball had a significant role.
Civil Rights Game Spotlight
Photos: Q&A session
Harper Archer Middle School holds Q&A.
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Photos: Roundtable
Luminaries attended CRG Roundtable.
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CRG roundtable
Annual roundtable a rousing success.
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Youth Summit
Helping kids develop love for the game.
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