Ben Chapman (baseball)
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William Benjamin Chapman was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1930 to 1946, most prominently as a member of the New York Y
Chapman, circa 1946
Chapman depicted on a 1933 Goudey card
Chapman posing in a photograph with Robinson during an attempt of reconciliation in 1947
Jackie Robinson
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Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he starte
Ben Chapman (baseball)
…Phillies, his final team. Chapman's accomplishments as a player were overshadowed by the role he played in 1947 as manager of the Phillies, antagonizing Jackie Robinson by shouting racist epithets and opposing his presence on a major league team on the basis of Robinson's race with unsportsmanlike conduct that was an…
Robinson with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949
Robinson, wearing his Army uniform, receives a military salute from his nephew Frank during a visit to his home in Pasadena, California, c. 1943
Robinson doing the long jump for UCLA
Robinson during his stint in the Negro leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs