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Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia
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Before Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Civil Rights Movement – Society for American Baseball Research
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Will MLB Confront Its Racist History? - Dissent Magazine
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A Lost Moment in American History: Paul Robeson v. Jackie Robinson and the Lessons - Black Star News
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The Black Knight: A Political Portrait of Jackie Robinson – Society for American Baseball Research
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Jackie Robinson: 10 Things You Didn't Know – The Harlem Times
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After Jackie: Players who followed Robinson to MLB also faced ongoing racism
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Book review of True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy - The Washington Post
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Black people in history: Little-known figures to know