New York, New York, United States
Most likely September 10, 1959, possibly September 1960
Jackie Robinson addressing students from Kenya and East Africa that were brought to the United States to study by the African American Students Foundation. Robinson, who headed the fundraising campaign for the 1959 airlift, was a baseball star, civil rights activist and the first African-American Major League Baseball player. Most likely this photo is from 1960.
African American Students Foundation
English
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Photo courtesy of Cora Weiss.
