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Jackie Robinson: an agent for change. (Student Reproducible).
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DEAR STUDENT:
Let's Look back in time. In 1945, blacks and whites were kept apart, or segregated, by "Jim Crow Laws." These laws set up separate schools, hotels, bathrooms, buses--even water fountains--and also denied African Americans the right to vote.
Professional sports were segregated as well. Black baseball, football, and basketball players played in separate leagues. Since Major League Baseball was considered America's national pastime, it was under the greatest amount of pressure to change.
Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, ...
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Trek to Ireland's Blarney Castle sealed with an awkward kiss
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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