It has long been believed that the source of Boston’s sorrows is the legendary Curse of the Bambino, brought on by selling young Babe Ruth to the Yankees. This is untrue. Boston is actually cursed because the Red Sox took an unconscionably long time to get around to hiring any black players.
— Teresa Nielsen Hayden in explaining the context to a newcomer to the U.S.
The Red Sox were the last team to integrate; they did so in 1959.
Helps to dismay the myth that only the Southern US was bigoted. Let’s not forget the conscription riots in NY in March, 1863.
True, the Sox integrated last. How does that explain the last 45 years, though? GO SOX!