Twenty years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, Emmett Ashford did the same for umpiring, becoming the first Black umpire in Major League Baseball history when he debuted in 1966. To this day, the charismatic and pioneering Ashford occupies a particular place in baseball history as not only MLB’s first Black umpire but also its first to work an All-Star Game (‘67) and umpire a World Series (‘70). Read More
