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Jackie Robinson's 1st MLB home run...
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Jackie Robinson's 1st MLB home run...

Item # 695527 ·
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 19. 1947

* Jackie Robinson's 1st home run
* 1st Negro in Major league baseball
* Brooklyn Dodgers "The Bums"


The sport's section (page 10) has a two column heading: "Bums Given Rush At Polo Grounds" with subhead and box scores. Text includes: "Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers' celebrated Negro rookie, also shared in the fence-busting festivities with a second-inning homer, his first big-league extra-base wallop." This was in fact Robinson's very 1st home run in a regular season baseball game with the Dodgers. He broke the color barrier just a few days earlier.
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally in good condition.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$62.00
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.