Rachel Robinson, 100, cut the ribbon to officially welcome New Yorkers to a museum honoring her late husband, Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball in the common era.
The museum is an interactive experience telling the story of Robinson’s life, both in sports and in fighting for equal rights. His son, David Robinson also attended the opening ceremony.
“He was a man who used the word ‘we’ regularly when he spoke. We grew when Jackie Robinson stepped out on the baseball field and for the first time, there were thousands of African Americans in the stadium who had a hero to cheer,” Robinson said.
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