Rachel and Jackie Robinson and Housing Discrimination in Connecticut
As a sport historian who focuses on issues of inclusion and exclusion in the twentieth century United States, Jackie Robinson
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Jackie Robinson
NBA 75 and Black Sporting Memory
The National Basketball Association’s 2021-2022 season is also the league’s 75th anniversary. As such the league is using a variety
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Baseball and Black American Memory
October in the United States means the arrival of the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs. Arguably more than any other
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Henry Aaron and American Memory
The recent death of Henry Aaron sparked remembrances of both his legendary playing career and his longer fight for civil
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Celebrating the Life and Activism of Jackie Robinson
On April 15, 2017, Major League Baseball (MLB) celebrated the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s first MLB game. On that
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