Even though Jackie Robinson Broke Baseball's color Barrier ON the field as he made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball was still segregated OFF the field as black players still weren't allowed to eat with the white players, sleep in the same hotel as the white players or live in the same neighborhoods as the white players. Even star Baseball players like Jackie Robinson had to sleep in boarding houses on the "Black side" of town. Soon, after several Black players spoke up against the segregation, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) refused to play in any city that required black and white players to live in different facilities. The desegregation of baseball immensely contributed and prepared America for desegregation throughout the Country.