When was jackie robinson signed

I offer it verbatim below; all quotations are attributed. By Frank Young. Not since Joe Louis won the world heavyweight championship from James J. It was then believed unadvisable to have Louis fight a white man for the world title because of reactions of the fans. This of course was absurd. Louis is now a popular heavyweight champion, both North and South. There are some who believe the signing of Robinson is the greatest thing that could happen to organized baseball.

Others, especially those in the South, although there are some in the North who concur, are of the opinion that the time is not ripe for the experiment and that Robinson will be sacrificed.

The Chicago Defender in an effort to give its readers the best information possible has wired a cross section of white sports writers in the South where segregation flourishes under statues based upon the worm-eaten fallacy of state rights and under which the Negro is deprived of all his Constitutional rights. The telegram asked these daily newspaper sport editors to send us their candid opinion on the signing of Robinson. Some of the answers are enlightening — some very encouraging. From Deland, Fla.

Opinion here is divided about whether it will work or not. Some are bitterly opposed to the idea while many want to see the boy get a chance. Segregation lines would be drawn while he is in this section. We support a winning Negro football team here enthusiastically. Riley, Deland, Fla, Sun News. Not Available in South. Baltimore might post [sic] a perplexing situation however. Certainly mixed competition between whites and Negroes would not be advisable this far South.

We live happier with segregation in athletics as well as other activities. No player, black or white, under contract to any league should be permitted to come into organized baseball without proper settlement with the team he leaves. Discrimination Reaches End. Lived with him and several other Negro fighters in our journeys overseas. The color line is not drawn in other sports.

Why Pick the Negro? No controversy has ever arose over the signing of a member of any other race so why the Negro. Hardman, sports editor, Charleston W. Will Need Educating. Kennedy signed Proclamation , authorizing the naval blockade of Cuba following the discovery of Soviet missiles on the island. In , suicide bomb attacks on peacekeeping troops in Beirut killed U.

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