Sunday 5 May 2013

Jackie Robinson’s Fight against Anti-Semitism

«Less well known is Robinson's role in a controversy that erupted just a few blocks away, at Harlem's most famous theater, and underscored his commitment to fighting all bigotry, including prejudice emanating from his own community.

It was 1962, a decade-and-a-half after Robinson first took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers and just a few years after he retired. Day after day, an angry crowd marched outside Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater protesting against its Jewish owner, Frank Schiffman, and his plan to open a low-cost restaurant»

Remembering Jackie Robinson's fight with black nationalists over anti-Semitism | JTA - Jewish & Israel News
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/04/15/3123836/remembering-jackie-robinsons-fight-with-black-nationalists-over-anti-semitism

When Jackie came up in 1947, Hank Greenberg went out of his way to encourage him.

Best Regards,
RRW

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