A new book presents the baseball legend’s testimony in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee as a critical psychic injury in the annals of Black celebrity.
When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...
At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to disavow the comments of another prominent Black American, actor, singer and ...
'Kings and Pawns' explores Jackie Robinson's reluctant testimony against Paul Robeson At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities ...
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