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Jackie Robinson testified before HUAC about Paul Robeson

24 January 2026
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When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of racial insults, gauging whether he could withstand the abuse that surely lay ahead.

Robinson was stunned. “Mr. Rickey,” he asked, “do you want a ballplayer who’s afraid to fight back?”

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