Now, after the war, integration of Major League Baseball became a hot button issue, and the color line was actually broken in 1946 when branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to play for Montreal, the Dodgers Triple A international League team. That year was a good year for the Manleys and the Eagles, too, because Newark beat the Kansas City Monarchs in a thrilling seven game negro league World Series. Robinson broke into the major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and integration started happening