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Which Negro league team did Jackie Robinson play for before joining the Dodgers organization?
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The 1935 roster of the Negro league team the Pittsburgh Crawfords, including Cool Papa Bell (seventh from right), Josh Gibson (fourth from right), and Satchel Paige (second from right).
Before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers organization, Jackie Robinson played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League.12