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#2016 Jackie Robinson, Black Heritage Series

The purchase of this stamp/s will earn you 5 points valued at $0.10.

Issued: Aug 2, 1982. 20¢ Jackie Robinson, Never Hinged.

After being rejected by the Boston Red Sox because of his color, Jack Roosevelt Robinson began his professional baseball career with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League. After just one year with the Monarchs, he signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1962 he became the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Following his baseball career, Robinson went on to become an advocate for social and political causes. He served on the board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and on several political campaigns to help break barriers for all people.

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