page_title: Lester Rodney
hierarchical_section_title: Lester Rodney
caption_attribution_description: photograph of Lester Rodney
context_page_description: Lester Rodney was an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.
context_section_description: Lester Rodney (April 17, 1911 – December 20, 2009) was an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.
caption: Lester Rodney, September 2007, photograph by Byron LaGoy
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