Moses "Fleetwood" Walker

Moses "Fleetwood" Walker

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Moses "Fleetwood" Walker | SIZE: 14" x 22"

  • A native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio
  • Walker was credited as being the first black man to play in Major League baseball when he played for the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884
  • Star athlete at Oberlin College as well as University of Michigan
  • Successful business man and inventor after his playing days
  • Jointly edited a newspaper "The Equator" with his brother Weldy
  • Published a book "Our Home Colony" in 1908