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https://theconversation.com/jackie-robinson-was-a-republican-until-the-gop-became-the-white-mans-party-181014
#JackieRobinsonDay #Baseball #History #Histodons @histodons #BlackMastodon
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’
Like millions of other Blacks during the first half of the 20th Century, legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson was a republican. That changed when the GOP opposed voting rights for Blacks.The Conversation
After Jackie Robinson hung up his cleats in 1957, he became a constant presence on picket lines and at #civilrights rallies.
https://theconversation.com/jackie-robinson-was-a-radical-dont-listen-to-the-sanitized-version-of-history-179732
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Jackie Robinson was a radical – don’t listen to the sanitized version of history
Years before Colin Kaepernick was born, Robinson wrote, ‘I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a Black man in a white world.’The Conversation
Paging all #asstodon and #baseball aficionados. TIL about donkey baseball. This is a thing I never knew I needed. Now I'd like to know more.
Source: The Port Credit News, July 21, 1937, https://pub.canadiana.ca/view/omcn.PortCreditNews_4/171
The Port Credit News : January 6, 1937-December... - Public Collections
The Port Credit News : January 6, 1937-December 29, 1937 : May 6, 1927-June 27, 1930pub.canadiana.ca