This man was depicted in a cartoon as a little boy with a huge gun after he testified before HUAC against Paul Robeson.
This man was depicted in a cartoon as a little boy with a huge gun after he testified before HUAC against Paul Robeson. In 1964, he became a national director for Nelson Rockefeller's campaign, leaving his position at Chock Full O'Nuts. His autobiography, I Never Had It Made, describes the vicious abuse he faced from Ben Chapman. A statue at Coney Island shows Harold "Pee Wee" Reese with his arm around this man, who was the subject of a mutiny stopped by Leo Durocher. A former standout for UCLA's sports teams, he was recruited as someone "with guts enough not to fight back" by Branch Rickey. For 10 points, name this man who debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, becoming the first black Major League Baseball player in the modern era.
This man was depicted in a cartoon as a little boy with a huge gun after he testified before HUAC against Paul Robeson.
Jackie Robinson [or Jack Roosevelt Robinson]