CIVIL RIGHTS Jackie Robinson's baseball success furthered the struggle for equal rights for black Americans. It was therefore natural for him to interest himself in the civil rights struggle in the South in the late 1950s and 1960s, first as an activist in the NAACP and later to assist the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter of Acceptance of NAACP Board Membership Rachel Robinson Robinson became personally involved in civil rights struggles in the North as well as in the South. Robinson was moved by Martin Luther King, Jr., and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference... Rachel Robinson
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