- Collection:
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
- Title:
- Jackie Robinson
- Creator:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1940/1975
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
- Location:
- United States, New Jersey, 40.16706, -74.49987
United States, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, 40.6501, -73.94958
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729 - Medium:
- federal government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- 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. - Metadata URL:
- http://vault.fbi.gov/Jack%20Roosevelt%20%28Jackie%29%20Robinson
- Extent:
- 1 file (131 p.)
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Rights:
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