Branch Rickey Hurls Barbed Insults at Jackie Robinson.
The article describes a meeting between African American baseball player Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of Brooklyn, New York, in which Rickey asked Robinson to join the Dodgers and subsequently integrate U.S. baseball. Focus is given to Rickey's u...
| Publicado en: | American History Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 28 - 30 |
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| Sumario: | The article describes a meeting between African American baseball player Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of Brooklyn, New York, in which Rickey asked Robinson to join the Dodgers and subsequently integrate U.S. baseball. Focus is given to Rickey's use of abusive language and racial epithets during the meeting as a means to test Robinson's meddle, as Rickey understood that the first black player would need to ignore such abuse from fans. |
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