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Afro-Latinx History: Roberto Clemente, Baseball Player, Humanitarian

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From www.biography.com: “Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American player to collect 3,000 career hits before his death in a plane crash. Born Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker on August 18, 1934, Clemente played with the Brooklyn Dodgers’ minor league team before making his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955. He led the National League in batting four times during the 1960s, and starred in the 1971 World Series. He died in a plane crash to deliver goods to Nicaragua in 1972.” 

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