Howard Bryant's newest book focuses on how Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson became opposing voices amid the anti-communist ...
At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of groundbreaking baseball legend Jackie Robinson is again being targeted by the anti-DEI policies put in place by the ...
Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson ...
When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...
The U.S. Naval Academy faces backlash over reports of flagging a Jackie Robinson biography for potential removal. This decision follows a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He instructed ...
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“Kings and Pawns”: Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by ...
Just as Jeff Passan forced the Trump administration to backtrack on removing a Jackie Robinson article from the Pentagon website, the DEI police are at it again. In what may not be a coincidence, ...
Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson were both heroes. Robinson, the great athlete who broke baseball's color barrier and inspired millions across America with his courage under a hail of hatred, as Count ...
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