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5 de ago. de 2021 · In 1944, Jackie Robinson, a future baseball star and army lieutenant, challenged racial discrimination by refusing to move to the back of a bus at Camp Hood, Texas. He was court-martialed and faced a possible dishonorable discharge, but he was ultimately cleared and promoted.
In 1944, Jackie Robinson, the first black player in major-league baseball, faced a military trial for challenging a white bus driver who ordered him to move to the back of the bus. He was acquitted and became a symbol of civil rights activism.
After four and a half hours of testimony, the court-martial tribunal composed of nine Army officers acquitted 2nd Lt. Robinson on all charges. Three years later, Robinson became one of the most famous athletes in history when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, racially integrating Major League Baseball for the first time.
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The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson is a 1990 American drama film directed by Larry Peerce and written by L. Travis Clark, Steve Duncan, Clay Frohman and Dennis Lynton Clark. The film stars Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee, Stan Shaw, Paul Dooley and Bruce Dern.
25 de jan. de 2024 · Almost four years to the day before, a future Major League Baseball Hall of Famer was facing a court-martial for six violations of the Articles of War. All because Robinson refused to move to the ...
15 de out. de 1990 · The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson: Directed by Larry Peerce. With Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee, Stan Shaw. A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army and in particular his court-martial for insubordination regarding segregation.
Issue. 5. ON JULY 6, 1944, Jackie Robinson, a twenty-five-year-old lieutenant, boarded an Army bus at Fort Hood, Texas. Sixteen months later he would be tapped as the man to break baseball’s color barrier, but in 1944 he was one of thousands of blacks thrust into the Jim Crow South during World War II.
