Jackie Robinson and American Culture


Pittsburgh Courier on Robinson's Major League Debut
Source: American Memory
 
 


Joe Louis, Sam Lacy, and Jackie Robinson
Source: www.afro.com/history/ Robinson/sam.html


Jackie Robinson comic book. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, July 1951
Source: American Memory


Source: http://www.aagal.com/

 

Did You See Jackie Robinson
Hit That Ball?


The Jackie Robinson Story
Lobby card for The Jackie Robinson Story. Copyright by Pathe Industries, 1950.
Source: American Memory


Old Gold Advertisement
Source: http://www.fritschcards.com
 


Chesterfield Advertisement
Source: scoop.diamondgalleries.com

 



Time Magazine, September 22, 1947
Source: www.time.com
 


Life Magazine, May 8, 1950
www.life.com/Life/ 60th/classic/cv050850.html


The Robinson Family
Source: American Memory



Source: Baseball Hall of Fame


Letter to President Eisenhower
Source: http://www.archives.gov
 


1965 Telegram to LBJ
Source: http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom
 

 
Postage Stamps


 

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