This surprising aspect of Jackie Robinson’s legacy endures

When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...
The Christian Science Monitor

How Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson ended up pitted against each other

Author Howard Bryant juxtaposes the politics and power of the two men in “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

'Kings and Pawns' explores Jackie Robinson's reluctant testimony against Paul Robeson

At the beginning of the Cold War in 1949, Jackie Robinson appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee to ...

Sportswriter Howard Bryant talks about his book, 'Kings and Pawns'

NPR's Scott Simon talks to sportswriter Howard Bryant about Bryant's latest book "Kings and Pawns." ...