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
#JackieRobinsonDay #Baseball #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon

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}

#OTD

April 4, 1968, #CivilRights leader Reverend #MartinLutherKing Jr., was shot & killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in #Memphis, #Tennessee. Considered one of the greatest Americans to ever live, he was assassinated 56 years ago today.

#PoliticalViolence #WhiteSupremacy