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|Creator:||United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation|
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.
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|Types:||Federal government records | Text|
|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|
|Online Publisher:||[Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation|
1 file (131 p.)
Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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