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Jackie Robinson was a radical – don't listen to the sanitized version of history

  • Written by Peter Dreier, E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College
imageJackie Robinson addresses civil rights supporters protesting outside the 1964 GOP National Convention.Ted Streshinsky/Corbis via Getty Images

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