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3. He was confronted about being "rich" once

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Apr 15, 2022, 09:54 PM

Apr 2022

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.

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While Jackie Robinson exhibited grace, he was very outspoken about racial oppression. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2022 OP

Good to hear. One of the lies I was taught as a kid was that the "good" negros were Biophilic Apr 2022 #1

Too many don't know this malaise Apr 2022 #2

He was confronted about being "rich" once JPPaverage Apr 2022 #3