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Youngest son of the four children of Laura and Herman Flood. Born in Houston, Texas.
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Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Curt Flood joins the Cincinnati Reds.
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Curt Flood traded to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Cardinals win the World Series.
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He hits a .335, a career high.
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Cardinals win World Series again.
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Flood is traded to the Philadelphia Philles, but refuses to report because he does not want to be a slave to baseball.
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During an interview he was asked why he was sueing someone that paid him 90,000 dollars a year, and he responded with "A well paid slave is nonentheless a slave".
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The Philles become fed up with flood and trade him to the Washington Senators.
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It was his last game, and it was played with the Washington Senators.
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Bowie Kuhn's (Commisioner of baseball) lawyer made a better argument when the case went to the supreme court, while Curt Floods lawyer missated facts.
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Reserve Clause abolished
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At 59 Curt Flood dies of throat cancer.
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The Curt Flood Act is passed.
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