By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
After a spring training in the segregated South, newlywed Rachel Robinson went to look at an apartment in a white neighborhood in Montreal. A French-Canadian woman who spoke English welcomed her to the home.
Rachel Robinson has been given Ohio Wesleyan University's Branch Rickey Award for her contribution and commitment to equality.
Bud Selig worried about this day for several weeks, leading up to seeing his statue for the first time.
Bud Selig worried about this day for several weeks, leading up to seeing his statue for the first time.
"We didn't consider it or think about it _ in an experimental situation like that, you have to stay focused on what's before you," Robinson told the CP. "We were not looking for black people. We had found an apartment, which was the most important thing, in a supportive, friendly neighborhood."
"Little things (like) that turn into big pieces of your experience," Robinson said. "They were friendly, they were protective, they were supportive and it was not something that I'd have expected."
