On this day, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP for his outstanding conduct both on and off the baseball field. Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, becoming the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. His courage, dignity, and activism made him a symbol of progress in the civil rights movement.
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