This day in baseball: Robinson recognized
Posted: January 8, 2015 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, history, Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball, Martin Luther King Jr., MLB, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Spingarn Medal, sports 2 CommentsOn January 8, 1956, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People awarded the Spingarn Medal to Dodger second baseman Jackie Robinson. The medal recognized Robinson’s strong support of civil rights initiatives. The previous year, it had been awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Well deserving Jackie Robinson
Agreed. He did so much for baseball.