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Headline: Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring Larry Doby

Caption: United States Representative Bill Pascrell (Democrat of New Jersey) offers remarks during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring Larry Doby in Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, Wednesday, December 13, 2023. In July of 1947, Larry Doby was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League when he signed with the Cleveland Indians.

Keywords: medal, ceremony, baseball,

PersonInImage: Bill Pascrell