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"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.
Apparently, the effort to erase Jackie Robinson’s legacy isn’t stopping anytime soon. After the Pentagon reversed its decision, the Naval Academy’s move to reportedly pull his biography ...
Among those books is a biography of Jackie Robinson. Robinson’s story is one everybody should know, so it’s quite the surprise to see his biography as one of up to 900 books that are flagged.
An article covering Jackie Robinson's military history was removed and later restored on the Pentagon's website last week.
A webpage dedicated to American baseball legend Jackie Robinson was removed and then restored to the Department of Defense's website. To comply with President Donald Trump's anti-DEI executive ...
According to a second defense official, they include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” and a biography on Jackie Robinson. It’s unclear when ...
The U.S. Naval Academy faces backlash over reports of flagging a Jackie Robinson biography for potential removal. This decision follows a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He ...
Do not be fooled by the Jackie ... biography was initially included on a list of books flagged for removal for promoting themes of diversity, equity and inclusion. Besides minimizing what ...
Reportedly included in that bundle was a biography of Jackie Robinson. To date, the Robinson bio has not been purged, though 381 other books have been, but it appears to remain under consideration.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...