When asked, who was the first Black Major League baseball player, most people would

say Jackie Robinson. Most people would be wrong. The first Black baseball player to play a full

season in the Major Leagues was Moses Fleetwood Walker. He played for the Toledo Blue

Stockings in 1884. However this is not a story about baseball. This is the trial of a Black man

who, in his time, was as popular as Michael Jordan is in ours. Moses is accused of murdering a

White man in a time when Blacks were traditionally lynched without a trial for far less crimes,

such as looking directly in the eyes of a White man. This powerful story examines the justice

system and the racist attitude of that time as it begs the question, how different are we today?

THE CAST

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