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“

Dear Mr. President: I want to take this opportunity

to let you know how much it meant to me to be able to

meet you briefly at the dinner in Washington Monday

night. It was a great privilege for me to appear on a

program in which the President of the United States

took part. It was equally great for me to experience the

warmth and sincerity of your handshake in the midst
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of such an illustrious group of Americans. My wife

and I will always remember our experience that night.
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It is events like this that make us certain our faith in

democracy is indeed justified.

– Jack Roosevelt Robinson, in a letter to President

Jackie Robinson with President Dwight D. Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 25, 1953

Eisenhower and Joe E. Brown at the White

House, May 14, 1957.

Courtesy of Abbie Rowe, National Park Service,

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

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