In a state wrought with racial tension, Jackie Robinson suited up for his first spring training game
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Seventy years ago, on the morning of March 17, 1946, Jackie Robinson sat with his wife Rachel in a small bedroom in a stranger’s home in Daytona Beach, Florida, and wondered what lay ahead for him that afternoon.
Robinson would make history if he played for the Triple A Montreal Royals in his first spring training game. No black had worn the...