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A Lasting Legacy

America was deeply segregated when Jackie Robinson broke into major league baseball in 1947. A year prior to his debut at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, at least half a dozen blacks were lynched in the South. The president of the Brooklyn Dodgers at the time was a man named Branch Rickey. Rickey, known… Continue reading A Lasting Legacy

Published March 2, 2016
Categorized as Jackie Robinson Tagged Ivo Philbert, Jackie Robinson, Willie Jackson
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