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On Juneteenth, their dream of bringing a bookstore to Liberty City becomes reality
A large-scale painting of the late Danny Agnew hangs on the back wall of the 750-square-foot space of the Roots Bookstore ...
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Opinion: Honoring Jackie Robinson Requires More Than Symbolic Gestures From Dodgers & MLB
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball held their annual celebration of Jackie ... Robinson’s biography did not end up being removed by the Naval Academy library, but many books ...
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Dodgers celebrate Jackie Robinson after saying nothing when it mattered
On Jackie Robinson Day in 2022 ... The article was restored a day later, and no book about Robinson was in the list of books actually removed from the library. What's confusing in all of this ...
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Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day amid DEI crackdown
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - April 15 is “Jackie Robinson Day” across Major League Baseball. Every player wears Robinson’s No. 42 on their jersey as a tribute to the player who broke pro sports ...
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Let's acknowledge how tough Jackie Robinson was — and why he had to be
They say there are no stupid questions in journalism, and I tested that theory as a college newspaper reporter when I asked an MLB legend about the even more legendary Jackie Robinson. Was ...
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'These stories should never be lost to time': On the enduring impact of Jackie Robinson
To think of trailblazers, barrier-breakers, those who opened doors kept locked too long, is to think of Jackie Robinson ... the books suggested for removal from the US Naval Academy library.
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Jackie Robinson Tribute Cards as MLB Honors A Legend
Today is Jackie Robinson Day. On April 15, in 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier, debuting for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson Day is an MLB tribute dating back to 2004. All 30 MLB teams ...
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How to honor Jackie Robinson? Defend his legacy from those who wish to erase him. | Opinion
Do not be fooled by the Jackie Robinson ... on a list of books flagged for removal for promoting themes of diversity, equity and inclusion. Besides minimizing what Robinson did, this pettiness ...
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Dodgers Dugout: Celebrating Jackie Robinson Day
My name is Houston Mitchell, and today is a very special day, so it’s time for the annual Jackie Robinson newsletter, with the entire newsletter devoted to Robinson. On April 15, 1947 ...
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The Useful Idiots
the Trump Administration ordered the removal of about 900 books from the Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy, including a biography of Jackie Robinson, a biography of Martin Luther King ...
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Jackie Robinson’s Dodgers visiting Trump’s White House? For shame.
The Dodgers’ visit to Trump’s White House, eight days before baseball will lionize Jackie Robinson ... in the removal of 381 books from the Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library, including Matthew ...