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On This Day In Black History-January 24th

Chris Reynolds — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:42:58 +0000

On this day in 1962, Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Also on this day in 1993, the first black Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall [...]

'42′ Featurette Highlights the Heroism of Jackie Robinson

Damon Houx — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:00:20 +0000

'42' looks fascinating, and not just for Harrison Ford's weird make-up. Relaying the biography of Jackie Robinson, it shows how the star baseball player (played by Chadwick Boseman) had to struggle against the prejudices that didn't want to see professional baseball become integrated. Now there's a featurette that plays up Robinson's historical significance.