A symposium hosted by Temple University tonight honored the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson integrating Major League Baseball.
Iconic sports figures gathered in person and over Zoom with students and faculty at Temple’s Student Center on Friday to reflect on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the integration of baseball.
Smith, a Temple graduate and a former Inquirer columnist, has covered Major League Baseball for over 40 years, most recently as a news editor for ESPN. She is the first woman sportswriter to be honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and serves as co-director of the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media at Temple.
Branch Rickey III, grandson of the late Branch Rickey, former president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed Robinson, joined conference virtually with Zoom. Among the stories he retold was the famous conversation between his grandfather and Robinson.
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