• Mary McLeod Bethune helps clear the way for Jackie Robinson's start in Major League Baseball

  • Jan 20 2023
  • Length: 16 mins
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Mary McLeod Bethune helps clear the way for Jackie Robinson's start in Major League Baseball

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  • The 1940s were still a tumutulous time for racial relations in the United States, but because of the politcal gains that Mary McLeod Bethune made in previous decades, Daytona Beach was safe-haven in the south for black people live and thrive.  Mary's work came into play when Jackie Robinson was selected as the first black player to be signed to a Major League Baseball contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers.  Although Jackie made his major league debut in 1947, it was actually in Daytona Beach the year prior that the first integrated game was played in front of a sold out crowd at City Island Park, the same field that now bears Robinson's name.

     

    Credit:

    Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball, by Natalie Cole

    Joltin Joe Dimaggio, by Les Brown

    WKMG-News 6, Orlando, Florida

    Historian  Bill Shumann

    Brigette Stephanson, City of Sanford Musuem

    Dr. Harold Lucas, Bethune-Cookman University  

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