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Los Angeles Times

Emmett Ashford made history; will he make Hall of Fame? Los Angeles Times ... but in breaking the color barrier for umpires, American League showman Emmett Ashford proved home plate was his stage, baseball his love. ...

A plaque marks the gravesite of Emmett Till at Burr Oak Cemetery May 4, 2005 in Aslip, Illinois. Till's unsolved 1955 murder in Money, Mississippi, after whistling at a white woman helped spark the U.S. civil rights movement.