Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, 1791 - 1948. General Correspondence, 1940 - 1948. Court - Martial (Alpha Order). Letter from Lt. Jack Robinson to Truman K. Gibson, 7/16/1944.

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, 1791 - 1948. General Correspondence, 1940 - 1948. Court - Martial (Alpha Order). Letter from Lt. Jack Robinson to Truman K. Gibson, 7/16/1944.

1944

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In this letter, Jackie Robinson recounts his encounter with a white bus driver who demanded Robinson move seats on a bus because the driver thought the woman sitting next to Robinson was also white. This incident led to Jackie Robinson being arrested and court martialed for insubordination and conduct unbecoming an officer. Robinson sought advice from Gibson, the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, as to whether he should involve the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Black press due to the racial discrimination.

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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. R...