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Jackie And Eddie Robinson, Richard C. Crepeau
Jackie And Eddie Robinson, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
This weekend marks the Sixtieth Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first appearance in major league baseball. It comes at the end of a week in which another Robinson is being mourned across the nation. The tale of the two Robinsons, Jackie and Eddie, is a tale of courage and struggle and the story of how race shapes lives and society in America. It is also a story of gain and loss across the two Americas.