fbi_foia_robinson robinson foia fbi yes Jackie Robinson African American baseball players--United States Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) Discrimination in sports--United States National Association for the Advancement of Colored People United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities African Americans--Civil rights--United States African American civil rights workers--United States African Americans--Politics and government United States--Race relations Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 Jackie Robinson made history as the first African-American to play baseball in the Major Leagues when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946. Mr. Robinson was never the subject of an FBI investigation; however, his name came to the attention of the FBI as a result of his National Association for the Advancement of Colored People membership. In 1949, he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities during the hearings regarding Communist Infiltration of Minority Groups. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection (United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation) Federal government records http://vault.fbi.gov/Jack%20Roosevelt%20%28Jackie%29%20Robinson 1 file (131 p.) Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation Forms part of the Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. 1940/1975 New York (N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) New Jersey 20110721 162935