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1947: Jackie Robinson integrates baseball: long before the civil rights movement took center stage, baseball's color barrier fell when Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers
- Source :
- New York Times Upfront. April 2, 2007, Vol. 139 Issue 12, p16, 6 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- On April 15, 1947, an unusually chilly day in New York, a large crowd gathered at Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers' opening-day game against the Boston Braves. Like any […]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15251292
- Volume :
- 139
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- New York Times Upfront
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.162241938