Page 11 - Jackie Robinson: Patriot
P. 11
“
It was a small victory, for I had learned that I was in
two wars, one against the foreign enemy, the other
against prejudice at home. ”
– Jack Roosevelt Robinson to Jules Tygiel,
published in American Heritage magazine,
August/September 1984
Robinson participates in military exercises
at Fort Hood, Texas, ca. 1944.
Courtesy of Afro-Newspaper, Gado,
Getty Images
Jack Roosevelt Robinson: Patriot 9
