Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose to cross baseball color line and become one of their most cherished men in the united states. A fierce integrationist,'' Robinson used his immense celebrity to speak out against the discrimination he saw on / off the field, angering fans, the press, and even team mates who had formerly celebrated him for"turning the other cheek" He had been a newspaper columnist, divisive political activist and tireless advocate for civil rights, who later struggled to remain relevant as diabetes and also a new generation of leaders put a much more course for the civil rights movement.
Released: 2016-04-11
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