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 ...
Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Jackie Robinson in 1945, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. Robinson's signing was a calculated risk, ...
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