OpEdNews - Article: 42: Jackie Robinson and America's unfinished social agenda - 3 views
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the first black player in major league baseball.
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Edward S on 03 May 13Subtopic: Peer preasure on Robinson. "Hey, do you hear me ******, this is a white man's game!" yelled Ben Chapman from the Phillies stand.
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Branch Rickey, who ran the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s; decided to add a black player to his roster
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We hear fans screaming it, players and managers taunting Robinson with it, and even children shouting it out. We even read it in hate mail Robinson received via the Brooklyn Dodgers front office.
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Subtopic: Jackie's problems as a negro. When Robison went up to bat he could hear the voices ringging in his head. Th children and adults were screaming and yelling at the black baseball player. People sent death threats to him about him and even his child. The Dodgers manager, Branch Rickey, recieved and read the mail but didn't tell Robinson.
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