Jackie Robinson relaxes between takes on the set of the 1950 biopic The Jackie Robinson Story in which he starred as himself. TimeJackie Robinson, 38, empties his locker at the clubhouse of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball club in Ebbets Field, closing out a ten-year starring stint with the club. Jan. 7, 1957. APJackie Robinson and his wife, Rachel, arrive at Capitol Hill. Robinson was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about the loyalty of blacks to the United States. July 18, 1949. APJackie Robinson testifying before the House of Un-American Activities Committee on the loyalty of African Americans, 1949. BiographyJackie Robinson with his family after retiring from baseball. biogrpahyJackie Robinson and Vice President Richard Nixon during a campaign event in northern New Jersey. biographyActivists demanding desegregation of baseball march during a New York City May Day parade. National Endowment for the HumanitiesFormer baseball star Jackie Robinson grabbed a sign and joined a picket line in Cleveland, Ohio, to protest discrimination against blacks at southern lunch counters, 1960. The picketing was organized by the N.A.A.C.P. (AP Photo)Jackie Robinson meets Fidel Castro in Manhattan. April 23, 1959. APJackie Robinson and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a press conference in New York. biography
