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Before Jackie Robinson was breaking barriers in baseball, he was pushing back against discrimination in the U.S. Army. Join us for this month’s Third Thursday lunchtime tour to find out how he did it and how his relationship with heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, helped!
🎟️ Space is limited — reserve your spot today at the link in bio.
📍Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick Street, NYC
The Jackie Robinson Museum is headed back outside! Join us again at @includenyc ’s Outdoors for Autism for a fun day of activities on Sunday, May 31 from 11 AM to 2:30 PM at Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park in the Bronx.
Stop by our station to try out your athletic skills at our “Jump Like Jackie” challenge (swipe to see Jackie Robinson and last year’s participants in action), explore touch objects, and discover Jackie Robinson’s legacy as both an athlete and an activist. You’ll also have a chance to learn more about the Museum’s ongoing work to improve accessibility for all.
Register for FREE at the link in bio! 🔗
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#ThisDayInHistory May 9, 1947–Just under three weeks after Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman and his team unleashed a torrent of racial abuse at Jackie Robinson, he and Jackie are forced to pose holding a bat as a staged gesture of goodwill. Robinson later wrote that it “was one of the most difficult things I had to make myself do.”
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#ThisDayInHistory May 8, 1950–Jackie Robinson appears on the cover of LIFE Magazine. The story inside, “Jackie Robinson’s Double Play,” focuses not on his baseball career but on the filming of the soon-to-be-released “Jackie Robinson Story,” starring Robinson as himself.
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Robinson’s Readers returns TOMORROW with a special selection in recognition of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Take Me Out to the Yakyu!
Listen along to this story of a young boy who explores what makes baseball so exciting to watch in both the United States and Japan. After the story, craft a noisemaker to celebrate baseball’s reach around the world!
Robinson’s Readers is a perfect introduction to the Museum for kiddos and their grown-ups! Designed for ages 4-6, but all ages are welcome!
🗓️ May 9 at 11:30 AM
📍Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick Street
🎟️ Free for kids under 5, library cardholders through Culture Pass and @coolculture families! Museum admission included so stay and explore after story time!
🔗 in bio to learn more and get tickets!
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#ThisDayInHistory May 7, 1938–Jackie Robinson bests his brother Mack’s long jump mark, setting a junior college record of 25 feet, 6.5 inches.
Robinson then hops in a friend’s car and travels forty miles to be inserted as a late replacement in a Pasadena Junior College baseball game, where he gets a hit and steals a base.
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Batter Up! Join Museum Educator Theresa this Saturday at the next edition of Robinson’s Readers!
In this month’s book, take a look at what makes baseball special in the US and Japan with Take Me Out to the Yakyu!
🗓️ May 9 at 11:30 AM
📍Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick Street
🎟️ Free for kids under 5, library cardholders through Culture Pass and @CoolCulture families! Museum admission included so stay and explore after story time!
🔗 in bio to learn more and get tickets!
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Today’s walking tour explored Jackie Robinson’s multifaceted and decades-long engagement with Harlem. Guided by a curator from the Jackie Robinson Museum, guests visited sites including Freedom National Bank, the Apollo, and the Harlem YMCA and re-discovered lesser known stories like that of the first Jackie Robinson Day and Robinson’s relationship with Harlem leaders like Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Malcolm X.
Missed today’s tour? You can join us tomorrow at 1pm!
Link in bio to register.
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📣Hey, young readers (and their grown-ups!), we’re looking at you!
Join Theresa for next week’s edition of Robinson’s Readers Story Time and Craft!
🗓️ May 9 at 11:30 AM
📍Jackie Robinson Museum | 75 Varick Street
🎟️ Free for kids under 5, library cardholders through Culture Pass and @CoolCulture families! Museum admission included so stay and explore after story time!
🔗 in bio to learn more and get tickets!
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Ever danced the night away at Small’s Paradise? Ever opened a checking account at Freedom National Bank? Purchased a suit at the Jackie Robinson Store?
These Harlem moments are both part of our rich history and key moments in the life and work of Jackie Robinson.
Make sure to join us on May 1st or 2nd at 1 PM in Harlem to explore the neighborhood through the lens of Robinson’s contributions to Black New York. Tickets are limited. Visit the link in our bio for details.
