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Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson

It's the start of the 2013 World Series. It's also Paul Kennedy's 15th season as the host of IDEAS. So we're celebrating with this rebroadcast of his 1997 show about Jackie Robinson -- how he broke down the colour barrier in Major League Baseball and American society. Jackie Robinson's rookie season still stands as one of the most politically profound...
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Jackie Robinson swinging a bat in Dodgers uniform, 1954. Photo by Bob Sandberg for Look Magazine.
Ideas53:59Stealing Home

It's the start of the 2013 World Series. It's also Paul Kennedy's 15th season as the host of IDEAS.  So we're celebrating with this rebroadcast of his 1997 show about Jackie Robinson -- how he broke down the colour barrier in Major League Baseball and American society. Jackie Robinson's rookie season still stands as one of the most politically profound events in the history of organized sport.