Teaching With Documents:
Beyond the Playing Field -
Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
TELEGRAMJACKIE ROBINSON TO PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
MARCH 9, 1965
| Jackie Robinson was sickened, as so many other Americans
were, by events in Selma, AL where marchers--including women, children, and clergy--were
clubbed, resulting in several deaths and many injuries. |
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
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