TY  - GEN
AU  - Robinson,Jackie
TI  - Jackie Robinson papers,
KW  - Bavasi, Buzzie
KW  - Bowles, Chester,
KW  - Campanella, Roy,
KW  - Chandler, Happy,
KW  - Dressen, Charles
KW  - Duckett, Alfred
KW  - Goldwater, Barry M.
KW  - Harriman, W. Averell
KW  - Humphrey, Hubert H.
KW  - Johnson, Lyndon B.
KW  - Keating, Kenneth B.
KW  - Kennedy, Robert F.,
KW  - Mann, Arthur
KW  - Norton, Ralph
KW  - O'Malley, Walter F.
KW  - Powell, Adam Clayton,
KW  - Reichler, Joseph L.,
KW  - Rickey, Branch,
KW  - Rockefeller, Nelson A.
KW  - Rowan, Carl T.
KW  - X, Malcolm,
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - House
KW  - Committee on Un-American Activities
KW  - African American Students Foundation
KW  - American Committee on Africa
KW  - Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
KW  - Chock Full O'Nuts
KW  - Freedom National Bank (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Jackie Robinson Foundation
KW  - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
KW  - National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
KW  - New York Giants (Baseball team)
KW  - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Baseball
KW  - Business
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - Africa
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Baseball players
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Civil rights leaders
KW  - Executives
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, fan mail, speeches, writings, congressional testimony, baseball contracts, subject files, financial and legal records, military records, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Robinson's career as a baseball player and corporate executive, and to his participation in political activities, religious and civic organizations, the civil rights movement, and media affairs.  When Jackie Robinson began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he broke the unwritten racial color line that had existed in major league baseball since the late nineteenth century, and a significant portion of the collection is devoted to his pioneering efforts in this regard.  Topics also include the Albany movement, African independence movement, and economic development in the African-American community.  Correspondents include Buzzie Bavasi, Roy Campanella, Happy Chandler, Charles Dressen, Alfred Duckett, Arthur Mann, Ralph Norton, Walter F. O'Malley, Joseph L. Reichler, and Branch Rickey; Individuals represented include Chester Bowles, Barry M. Goldwater, W. Averell Harriman, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Kenneth B. Keating, Robert F. Kennedy, Adam Clayton Powell, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Carl Thomas Rowan, and Malcolm X.  Organizations represented include the African American Students Foundation, American Committee on Africa, Chock Full O'Nuts, Freedom National Bank, New York, N.Y., Jackie Robinson Foundation, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, New York Giants, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the U.S. Congress House Committee on Un-American Activities
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003031
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003031.3
ER  -