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This Date in Baseball - Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st black player to sign a Major League contract
1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agreed a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Major League Baseball Celebrates ‘Jackie Robinson Day’ April 15, Broke Colorline in 1947
Seventy-eight years ago, on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut and integrated Major League ...
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A Note From the Editor: Jackie Robinson Illustrates the Trump Administration’s Belief in White Supremacy
For the last couple of decades, a Jackie Robinson poster has been on the wall above my desk. In addition to a photo of the ...
The Man Behind the Man Who Broke MLB's Color Barrier: Branch Rickey
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives," Jackie Robinson said not long before he died in 1972.
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A note from the publisher: The details of Trump’s DEI purge prove it’s all about white supremacy
For the last couple of decades, a Jackie Robinson poster has been on the wall above my desk. In addition to a photo of the Brooklyn Dodgers/civil rights icon ... relevance, or impact of white people ...
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Pentagon admits to mistakes in campaign against ‘DEI’ content
As part of the effort, the department removed articles and images of baseball legend Jackie Robinson ... A biography of World War II veteran and civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was ...
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Stephen A. Smith challenges Donald Trump and JD Vance to public debate over Jackie Robinson DEI controversy
Why is it always attached to Black people?" Smith said. Smith argued that Jackie Robinson was a civil rights trailblazer whose impact extended far beyond baseball. Robinson is widely regarded as ...
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'DEI is dead', so ...: Webpage of MLB’s Jackie Robinson dissapears, and then returns after hours
The Pentagon removed a webpage honoring Jackie Robinson, stating that 'DEI is dead.' The removed page, celebrating Robinson's achievements and military service, was part of an article titled ...
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Negro Leagues Museum urges people not to forget history in response to temporary Jackie Robinson DEI removal
One of America’s most familiar faces in baseball history has been under attack according to Negro Leagues Museum president Bob Kendrick.
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NLBM urges people not to forget history in response to temporary Jackie Robinson DEI removal
“Jackie Robinson epitomizes what it means to be ... Kendrick explains this is a moment that preceded many others in Civil Rights history. “For all intents and purposes, this is what started ...
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When The Trump Administration Calls Jackie Robinson 'DEI,' Here's What It's Really Saying
The Pentagon deleted pages dedicated to baseball great Jackie Robinson, who served as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army and fought ardently for civil rights. Here's why that matters. Bettmann / NBC via ...
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When The Trump Administration Calls Jackie Robinson 'DEI,' Here's What It's Really Saying
In the 1960s, Jackie Robinson protested social injustice alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Here, he stands to the right of the civil rights leader at a press conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in May ...