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[NOTE: The answer line for this tossup is complex, so please look it over before the tossup is played. Be lenient in both accepting and prompting.] Happy Chandler inspired this movement by condemning the "gentleman's agreement" of his predecessor, Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Larry Doby of Cleveland was the second subject of this movement, which began when a member of the (*) Kansas City Monarchs was signed by General Manager Branch Rickey in 1945. For 10 points, name this event of the civil rights movement, in which the Brooklyn Dodgers signed eventual Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson.
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