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good evening and welcome to politics nation. tonight, seizing the moment. the verdict is in. and donald trump and his republican allies are raging against it. along with the judge, prosecutor and even the jurors who delivered the 34 count felony conviction, that ended his criminal hush money trial. here in new york, last week and for the last three days, congressional republics have republicans have criticized the verdict or attempted to diminish trump s actions, parroting the former president s claim that the verdict was politically motivated and politically motivated takedown, in fact, by president biden, they claimed. in the background, if you can believe it, is an election unveiling in five months and while republicans are closing ranks around trump, president biden has an opportunity to reach out to undecided voters this week, as he lays out his plan on immigration and border security, and proposals of tangible cease-fire plan for israel s were in gaza. all of th ....
Because documenting the negro- leagues have been a massive undertaking. archivists have spent decades coming through box scores and newspaper reports and the process continues because information is incomplete. the research is teaching us not only about baseball but the racial history of our country. it tells you that a lot of this was done on purpose. i was close to hank aaron, hank and i used to talk about it all the time, about how it used to get him upset along with myself, that a lot of people misunderstand what happened on april 15th, 1947. they always say jackie robinson proved to the brooklyn dodgers that blacks could take could play baseball. blacks could play baseball. it was a fear factor for officials, that they could play and they would overshadow the ....
This week every player on every major league baseball team wore the number 42 to mark 75 years since jackie robinson broke the color barrier. april 15th, 1947 when he took the field as a brooklyn dodger. his debut was a turning point for baseball and for america, quite honesty. we think of it as a watershed moment now, and it is, absolutely it is. but the nation didn t stop that day in awe of robinson s review. in fact, he would face a barrage of abuse including death threats, players deliberately spiking him, racial epithets from fans and others being held at him, but he helped lead the dodgers to the national league pen net and he also won the rookie of the year, an award named for him in both the ....
Every major league baseball team for the number 42 to marks broke the color barrier and integrated professional sports. robinson broke the color barrier on april 15th, 1947, when he took the field as a brooklyn dodgers. his debut was a turning point for baseball and for america, quite honestly. we think of it as a watershed moment now. it is. absolutely, it is. the nation didn t stop that day in awe of robinson s debut. in fact, he would face a barrage of abuse that that you re, and many other years, including death threats, players deliberately spiking him. racial epithets from founds being hurled at him. he helped lead the dodgers to the national league. he also won the rookie of the year. an award now named for him in both the national and american leagues. now, sensible people like you and me would argue that it is ....
42. today, in stadium after stadium, a tribute for the number 42. it was 75 years ago today, april 15th, 1947, ebbets field in flatbush, brooklyn. a young jackie robinson on the field with the brooklyn dodgers, the first african american to play in a major league game. he would go on to win rookie of the year, beginning an electrifying hall of fame career. today, tributes from all over the country. at new york s citi field, where the rotunda is named after him, this statue, nine feet tall, towers with robinson s retired number. every player wearing 42. robinson s granddaughter right there too. the granddaughter of jack r roosevelt robinson. reporter: and in times square, 42nd and broadway is today jackie robinson way. former players and managers honoring his legacy. he went through things that i can t imagine what he s gone ....