Jackie Robinson was a radical – don't listen to the sanitized version of history
- Written by Peter Dreier, E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College
Jackie Robinson addresses civil rights supporters protesting outside the 1964 GOP National Convention.Ted Streshinsky/Corbis via Getty ImagesIn our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America,” Rob Elias and I profile the many iconoclasts, dissenters and mavericks who...
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