An excerpt from the testimony of Jackie Robinson before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, July 18, 1949.

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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Excerpt from “Jackie Robinson,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/b3c0ad1afa363f699adc9cabed46bc6f.
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Courtesy of United States Federal Bureau of Investigation via Digital Library of Georgia.

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