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"It is no time for business as usual."
-Jackie Robinson, August 25, 1965

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On this day in 1962, Jackie Robinson, gave his famous speech as he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame... https://t.co/PDZ17JRqYO via @YouTube

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April 30, 1954 - Jackie Robinson wraps up one of his best months at the plate with a .368 batting average in the month of April.
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"I was not out primarily to solve the race question in America. I felt that [signing Jackie Robinson] did have a direct impact upon it."
- Branch Rickey
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April 28, 1959 - In his first column in the New York Post, Jackie Robinson declares, "I've always thought it more important to take an intelligent and forthright stand on worthwhile questions than to worry about what some people might think."
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April 27, 2017 - The Jackie Robinson Museum breaks ground.
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April 26, 1964 - "We were a saddened people, shaken up by the naked exposure of hatred."
- Jackie Robinson on the rise in crime in black communities after the assassination of John F. Kennedy
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April 25, 1956 - For the 19th and final time in the majors, Jackie Robinson steals home. To date, he still has the most career steals of home of anyone born after 1900.
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April 24, 1959 - Editor James A. Wechsler announces that Jackie Robinson’s column in the New York Post, noting that this is the first time that “real national syndication has been attempted for a columnist who happens to be a Negro."
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April 23, 1954 - Jackie Robinson steals home on a rare triple steal.
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April 22, 1957 - 10 years and eight days after Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier, John Kennedy becomes the first black player to play for the Philadelphia Phillies
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April 1954 - Seven years, two days after Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier, Nino Escalera and Chuck Harmon become the first black players to play for the Cincinnati Reds
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April 1946 - Jackie Robinson makes his regular-season debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers' Minor League affiliate Montreal Royals, setting in motion his historic breaking of the color line in Major League Baseball.
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April 1950 - Three years and three days after Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier, Sam Jethroe becomes the first black player to play for the Boston Braves (today's Atlanta Braves).
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April 18, 1947- Jackie Robinson hits his first major league home run in a 10-4 loss to the New York Giants.
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April 17, 1947- Jackie Robinson gets his first major league hit, a fifth-inning bunt in a win 12-6 win over the Braves.
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April 16, 1945 - Jackie Robinson, with the Kansas City Monarchs, impresses scouts in a tryout for the Boston Red Sox alongside fellow Negro Leaguers Sam Jethroe and Marvin Williams but none of the three are signed.
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April 15, 1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.
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April 14, 1955 - Eight years after Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier, Elston Howard becomes the first black player to play for the New York Yankees.
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April 13, 1954 - Six years, 11 months and 30 days after Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier, Curt Roberts becomes the first black player to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Tom Alston becomes the first to play for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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