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Jackie Robinson:
Baseball Legend, Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson, Died Of A Heart Attack On October 24, 1972.
Just Days Before His Death, Robinson Was Inducted Into The Baseball Hall Of Fame (January 24, 1972).
Jackie
Robinson Was The First African American To Play Modern, Major League
Baseball. He Paved The Way For The Integration Of All Professional
Sports In America.
Robinson Signed With The Montreal Royals, The Brooklyn Dodgers' Minor League Team, In October, 1945. He Broke Baseball's Color Barrier When He Played With The Dodgers In April, 1947. In 1949, The
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African American Detroit police officer Roy Gilbert has been selected 2007 Police Officer of the Year by Parade Magazine for saving his partners life by using his own body to shield his wounded partner during a gunfight with a suspected criminal. Read his inspiring story by clicking the link below:
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W.E.B. DuBois And Walter White:
On October 23, 1947, The NAACP Filed Formal Charges With The United Nations, Accusing The U.S. Of Racial Discrimation.
The NAACP's 155-Page "Appeal To The World," Internationalized America's Race Problem And Prompted President Harry S. Truman To Create A Civil Rights Committee, Which For The Most Part, Was Ineffective.
The Document Was Presented To The U.N.'s Assistant Secretary General For Social Affairs, By W. E. B. DuBois, Then Director Of Special Research, For The NAACP.
DuBois Claimed To Speak On Behalf Of "Fourteen Million Citizens Of The
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Read a statement by Alan Bean of Friends of Justice. They were one of the first groups to help the Jena 6 and to help set up the Jena 6 Defense Fund. He addresses Jena 6 Defense Fund rumors that the money has been used for things other than legal cost such as cars and clothes for the Jena 6 families by clicking the link below.
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