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Jackie Robinson in 1972: 'I Cannot Stand and Sing the Anthem; I Cannot Salute the Flag'

Jackie Robinson, in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, described the moment when he realized that he could not "stand and sing the anthem," nor "salute the flag," which calls to mind recent ...
KSBW The Central Coast

Jackie Robinson's Army history scrubbed from Department of Defense websites

An article about the baseball great Jackie Robinson's time in the Army has been removed from the Department of Defense's website. The new webpage URL, now adding "dei" to the link, shows a "404 - Page ...
WDAF-TV

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum responds to Defense Department DEI purge, restoration of Jackie Robinson webpage

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A government purge of ...
WMUR

Jackie Robinson's Army history briefly scrubbed from Department of Defense websites

IS TRACKING ALL THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. HE’S LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM RIGHT NOW. WELL, JACKIE ROBINSON’S PAGE AND OTHERS, THEY ARE NOW RESTORED. BUT ALL DAY IT LED TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SUCH AN IMPORTANT ...