How Jackie Robinson Impacted More Than Baseball
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Jackie Robinson is credited with breaking the color barrier in Baseball.
Jackie Robinson is credited with breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball and faced years of backlash for it both on and off the field. Veteran Sportswriter Ira Berkow has written extensively about Robinson and joins us to explain how this famous baseball player dealt with portrayal of himself in the media and his role in baseball and the civil rights movement.
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How Jackie Robinson Impacted More Than Baseball
Clip: 3/17/2018 | 5m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Jackie Robinson is credited with breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball and faced years of backlash for it both on and off the field. Veteran Sportswriter Ira Berkow has written extensively about Robinson and joins us to explain how this famous baseball player dealt with portrayal of himself in the media and his role in baseball and the civil rights movement.
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