<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> signs a contract for the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, breaking the baseball color line.