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Jackie Robinson at his writing desk at

home in Brooklyn, NY, October 22, 1947.

Courtesy of Afro American Newspapers,

Gado, Getty Images Jackie Robinson receives the J. Louis Comiskey
Memorial Award from Jack Ryan, the Chairman of the

Chicago Chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association,
in Chicago, IL, November 12, 1947, in recognition of his

selection as the Rookie of the Year.

28 Jack Roosevelt Robinson: Athlete Courtesy of Associated Press Photo