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Following World War II, attendance at sporting events
skyrocketed. One of the era's most noted athletes was Jackie Robinson, who became the
first African American to play major league baseball. But blacks also integrated other
sports as well. Examine the photographs below. What evidence do the photos of Jackie
Robinson, from Jackie Robinson
and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s, provide of Robinson's fame? What
hints does the photo of Althea Gibson, from
Creative Americans: Portraits by Van
Vechten, 1932-1964, provide to the sport she played?
Click on each photo to view a larger image. Learn more about Jackie Robinson by viewing Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson, 1860s-1960s. Find out more about the efforts of African Americans to achieve equal rights by viewing African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era. Use your browser's Back Button to return to this point.
top of page Click on each photo to view a larger image. Learn more about Jackie Robinson by viewing Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson, 1860s-1960s. Find out more about the efforts of African Americans to achieve equal rights by viewing African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era. Use your browser's Back Button to return to this point. | ||||
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