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| Title: | Jackie Robinson |
| Date: | 1940-1975 |
| Description: | Jackie Robinson made history as the first African-American to play baseball in the Major Leagues when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946. Mr. Robinson was never the subject of an FBI investigation; however, his name came to the attention of the FBI as a result of his National Association for the Advancement of Colored People membership. In 1949, he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the hearings regarding Communist Infiltration of Minority Groups. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Federal government records |
| Subjects: | Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 | African American baseball players--United States | Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) | Discrimination in sports--United States | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities | African Americans--Civil rights--United States | African American civil rights workers--United States | African Americans--Politics and government | United States--Race relations | New York (N.Y.) | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) | New Jersey |
| Collection: | FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection |
| Institution: | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Contributors: | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection (United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
| Online Publisher: | [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Original Material: | 1 file (131 p.) Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://vault.fbi.gov/Jack%20Roosevelt%20%28Jackie%29%20Robinson |
