On this date, in 1947, the immortal Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets field, then the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. When he did so, Robinson broke the “color line,” becoming the first Black Major League baseball player since 1884. Robinson was an exceptional athlete. He starred in football, basketball and track at UCLA in the early 1940s. Baseball was, if anything, a side hustle at the time. After serving in the Armed Forces from 1942 to 1944
Thanks for capturing a full portrait of the real Jackie Robinson and what he endured. It's an especially painful and important memory to face today when it seems we are taking more steps backward than forwards when it comes to addressing our disgraceful record of racial discrimination, then and now.
Thanks for this, Dee. We certainly go through waves of backlash. Jackie experienced one such wave late in his life. We're certainly in another one now.
Thanks for capturing a full portrait of the real Jackie Robinson and what he endured. It's an especially painful and important memory to face today when it seems we are taking more steps backward than forwards when it comes to addressing our disgraceful record of racial discrimination, then and now.
Thanks for this, Dee. We certainly go through waves of backlash. Jackie experienced one such wave late in his life. We're certainly in another one now.