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— Jackie Roosevelt Robinson’s Headstone My grandmother took me to Mets games during the summer of 1964 when I was 10 years old. Walking down the stairs from the elevated No. 7 train, I noticed ...
Was Mr. Jackie Robinson 200 years old? No, she said, colored men weren’t allowed to play baseball until 1947. “Why not?” I queried, really confused. “Because he was colored,” she said.
An article on Robinson’s military career was restored to the Defense Department’s website. It’s a reminder that we can beat back the racist right. Rachel Robinson, a professor, nurse ...
Jackie Robinson's courage offers an example that seems much needed today. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 89°F. ... At 53 years old in 1972, Robinson died much too soon.
Jackie Robinson Ballpark could be named a national historic landmark. ... THE NOW 90 YEAR OLD REMEMBERS BEING JACKIE ROBINSON’S FIRST BAT BOY, A PRO BASEBALL PLAYER WHO CHANGED THE SPORT FOREVER.
Robinson and a bigger, more strapping man with a florid face were making their way along the floor, the big man in the lead. ... three-year-old Jackie, Jr., likes Howdy Doody, ...
Rachel Robinson, a professor, nurse, activist, and the wife of baseball trailblazer Jackie Robinson, is still with us at 102 years old. ... and it isn’t the side of Jackie Robinson.