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Opinion: Toni Stone, Connie Morgan and Mamie Johnson are the Negro League stars you need to know about

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Toni Stone grew up in Minnesota in the 1930s, where the KKK had influence. Yet racism and devaluing of women failed to stifle her love of baseball.

      
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