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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.
- From Athlete to Army Lieutenant
- Standing Strong
- Trial by Fire
- A Sports Star Is Born
- Right of Way
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Robinson was familiar with racism. Born in 1919 and raised in a predominantly White neighborhood in Pasadena, California, he had endured insults and racial slurs from his neighbors. Standing 5 foot 11 and weighing 180 pounds, he blossomed into a standout athlete at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), lettering in football, baseball,ba...
DESPITE THE MILITARY’S racial policies, Jackie Robinson adapted well to the army. He was selected for Officer Candidate School and commissioned on January 28, 1943. In April 1944, he was assigned to Camp Hood, Texas, and the all-Black 761st Tank Battalion, an outfit that called itself the “Black Panthers.” As a platoon leader, Robinson quickly earn...
ROBINSON’S COURT-MARTIALtook place at Camp Hood on August 2, 1944, before nine officers, ranging in rank from captain to colonel. The trial transcript gives no detailed information about the judges, but historian Adam Kama has determined that two were African American. Robinson was represented by Lieutenants William Cline and Robert H. Johnson. Bec...
AT CAMP BRECKINRIDGE, Robinson saw a Black soldier, Ted Alexander, tossing a baseball, and they struck up a conversation. Major league baseball barred Black players, but Alexander told Robinson there was good money to be made playing in the Negro Leagues, a network of all-Black professional teams. Alexander had pitched in the Negro Leagues since 19...
When Colonel George A. Horkan took command of Camp Lee, Virginia, in February 1943, the camp had a racial problem, and Horkan knew he had to do something about it. The civilian buses transporting soldiers to and from nearby Petersburg, Virginia, were a major source of friction. Drivers often refused to pick up African American soldiers, and when th...
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.
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 · American Military History. Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson Was Court-Martialed for Refusing to Move to the Back of a Bus. Jackie Robinson in his Brooklyn Dodger uniform in 1950....
13 de fev. de 2022 · A few years earlier, while in the U.S. military, Robinson endured a life-altering situation—an unexpected court-martial. If Robinson had been found guilty of any charges from his court-martial, he would have been presented with a dishonorable discharge.
29 de jan. de 2021 · Becoming a World Series champion. Being a trailblazer in the civil rights movement. But one of the lesser-known moments in Robinson’s life may have been its most pivotal, one that could have derailed his prominent and society-changing baseball career before it even began.
