Yawkey owned the team for 44 seasons but fought suiting up a black player to the last. Now there is an effort to rename a street near Fenway Park that memorializes him.
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Friday, August 18, 2017
On Baseball: Thomas Yawkey, the Red Sox Owner Who Resisted Integration
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