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Breaking Baseball's Color Barrier – Ed Methods
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The Breakthrough: In May 1947 Jackie Robinson proved he belonged
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Chasing Dreams' touches all the bases
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The Day Jackie Came To Town
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MLB celebrates 'Jackie Robinson Day
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Jackie Robinson - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Review: Pleasing '42' has Jackie Robinson's number - Los Angeles Times
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Jackie Robinson Day: J.G. Taylor Spink pens column about TSN's
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When rookie Jackie Robinson came to Detroit in 1947