| Don Wakamatsu: First Asian-American Manager in MLB History
In late 2008 Don Wakamatsu was became the first Asian-American to manage an MLB club. In 1996 Kerry Yo Nakagawa founded the Nisei Baseball Research Project to preserve the history of Japanese-American Baseball. Similar to African-Americans prior to 1947, Japanese-Americans were excluded from white major league teams due to racism. As a long-time supporter of the NBRP, Don Wakamatsu wrote the following to the NBRP: "Thank You for the recognition and keeping our dreams alive." read on >>
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