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"Major Leaguer: Jackie Robinson of the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers"
The Harlem-based New York Amsterdam News was an influential African American newspaper that provided some of the best coverage of civil rights after World War II. Jackie Robinson's career was widely covered by the newspaper. On April 15, 1947, he debuted as the first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers and as major league baseball's first modern-era African American player. The landmark event was captured in this exuberant front page photograph. |