I’ve written or edited four books about Jackie Robinson. communism, as well as the extreme terrain we’d all like to avoid, Nazism and fascism.Major League Baseball celebrates the anniversary of Robinson’s historic debut on April 15 annually as “Jackie Robinson Day” in stadiums and ballparks across the nation.īut in my view, those celebrations will fall short if they don’t address how Robinson confronted white supremacy with class and dignity during a time before he joined the Dodgers, when his own minor league manager once asked, “Do you really think a nigra is a human being?” Expand your political awareness with these primers on socialism vs.
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