Jackie Robinson Story, The

Robinson stealing home in 1952. | Jackie Robinson

i admire baldwin and cavett and there’s NOTHING more true than this statement Via @reshare_app • @africanarchives Baldwin was speaking on The Dick Cavett show in 1969. And it highlights the hypocrisy underlying Western society that many of us know and feel. Africans growing up in the United States and other imperialist countries are educated on the brave struggles of Western ‘freedom fighters’, from George Washington to Joan of Arc. However, when it comes to the question of the emancipation of A