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“

I am particularly upset about the plight of the black soldier.

I cannot accept the idea of a black supposedly fighting for

principles of freedom and democracy in Vietnam when so

little has been accomplished in this country.
”
There was a time when I deeply believed in America.

I have become bitterly disillusioned.

– Jack Roosevelt Robinson, I Never Had It Made, 1972

Rachel and Jackie Robinson at LaGuardia

Airport with Jackie Jr. before he departs for

his US Army service in Vietnam, June 1965.

Courtesy of the Robinson Family Collection

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