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Jackie Enters the Majors

Season 1 | 3m 23s

April 15, 1947, opening day at Ebbets Field: playing first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers was number 42, Jackie Robinson. The Dodgers won, and the black press declared Jackie’s arrival as a landmark event. The white press did not acknowledge Robinson's entry into the Majors. This clip pairs with the "Taking the Measure of the Man" educational unit in the classroom section of PBS.org/JackieRobinson

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Watch Part I of Jackie Robinson, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon.