While Jackie Robinson exhibited grace, he was very outspoken about racial oppression.

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Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

Good day to remind people that while Jackie Robinson exhibited grace, he was very outspoken about racial oppression, supported the Black Panthers, and criticized MLB for the lack of black people in leadership positions. He also later did not sing or stand for the national anthem.

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1. Good to hear. One of the lies I was taught as a kid was that the "good" negros were

quiet and accepting of their position in life. Yea, that was what I was taught.

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2. Too many don't know this

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3. He was confronted about being "rich" once

And he said ( paraphrasing) that he wouldn't be happy until the poorest negro in St. Augustine was considered as equal as him. Something like that.
And he was a commissioned officer in the U.S. army who refused to sit in the back of a bus before Rosa Parks. Jackie said he was a Lieutenant in the army who put his life on the line and would sit anywhere he damn well pleased. He marched with Dr. King on occasion as well. A true civil rights pioneer.