Blacks were not permitted to play on professional baseball teams or in any other major league sport.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

"is the main sport in Ethiopia so everybody plays soccer so I wanted my kids to learn how to play."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

His mother,from Ethiopia, wanted her sons who were born in the US to play the sport.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15