Today in #historyonleo
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African American player in Major League Baseball's modern era when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Today in #historyonleo
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African American player in Major League Baseball's modern era when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
This was historical for the black community during that year.
Yes Indeed - thankfully
Poor Larry Doby gets overlooked.
Robinson made the bigger impact? Being a Dodger?
Jackie's impact and the narrative is what he endured, racism both on the off the field.
Doby went though the same thing.
As for as baseball impact, Robinson was not that much relatively speaking. He was nowhere the player of Ernie Banks, as an example.
Robinson was a very talented player obviously but if he entered MLB in 1963, I doubt he is looked at the same. Hence the comment about Doby who was not long behind Jackie and had to deal with the same attacks.
Not to mention it’s what we were taught in school during Black History Month.