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Jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson — Part 5
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Jackie Robinson, nationally-known former baseball
player, who was born on January 31, 1919, at Cairo, Georgia, has
not been the subject of an investigation by the FBI. However, our
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The June 1, 1946, issue of "People's Voice" reported
that Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to break into organized basebail,
had accepted chairmanship of the New York State Organizing Committee
for United Negro and Allied Veterans of America (UNAVA). The People’:
Voice" has been cited by the California Committee on Un-American
Activities as being communist initiated and controlled. The UNAVA
has been cited as a communist front by the Internal Security Subcommittee
of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
The November, 1946, issue of "Fraternal Outlook”
contained an article concerning the opening of the Solidarity: Center
of the International Workers Order (TWO) in Harlem, New York. The
name, Jackie Robinson, baseball player, was listed as one of the persons
on the Advisory Board of this Center.
“Fraternal Outlook" is an official publication of the TWO,
an organization cited pursuant to Executive Order 10450, (100-428850-2)
According to a news release on September 13, 1968,
Jackie Robinson, former baseball star, while speaking at a news
conference minutes before leaving to address a Black Panther meeting
in Brooklyn, New York, was reported as having stated, ‘The Biack
Panther organization is one with an interest in seeking peace and
reports otherwise are due to misinformed newsmen. Improper reporting
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