of course on april 15, 1947, he made that monumental walk on the field as a member of the brooklyn dodgers. more importantly, it ever changing the country. that is no countries jackie is breaking of the color barrier was one of the most significant events in american history. bolduseum makes the assertion that robinson's breaking of the color barrier was not just a part of the civil rights movement, it was the beginning of the civil rights movement. 1947. this is well before those are noted civil rights occurrences. this is before brown versus the board of education, this is before rosa parks refusal to move to the back of the bus. as my dear friend so poetically said, dr. martin luther king jr. was a sophomore at morehouse when robinson signed that contract. president truman would not integrate the military until one year after jackie. from intensive purposes, this is what started the ball of social progress rolling in our country. the integration is bittersweet. i am not sure the african-american community was aware of what it was losing one we lost the negro league. it was so greatly im

1946 system in the dodgers' farm system, then in made that monumental walk on the field for the brooklyn dodgers, forever changing this country. there's no question jackie's breaking of the color barriers is one of the most significant events in american history. the museum makes the bold assertion that robinson's breaking of the color barrier was not just a part of the civil rights movement, it was the beginning of the civil rights movement. 1947. this is well before the more noted civil rights occurrences. this is before rosa parks' ref usal to move to the back to the bus. dr. martin luther king jr. was a sophomore at morehouse when robinson signed that contract. printed in treatment would not integrate the military until one year after jackie. so for all intents and purposes, this started the ball of social progress rolling in our country. the integration of our sport is bittersweet. it is bitter because i am not sure the african-american community was aware of what was losing when we lost the legal release -- the negro leagues. it had been so impactful in helping businesses and driving black

in 1888, he wrote... [ crowd cheering ] >> long before the brooklyn dodgers and ebbets field, these guysre kings of that borough's diamonds. this 155-year-old picture of the team has been passed down in florence sasso's family ever since. one of the team's stars, archibald mcmahon, was her great-great-uncle. flo's mom, mildred, is caretaker of the card for years. she keeps it squirreled away in a candy box and takes it with her when she moves into flo's house in great barrington, massachusetts. but neither she nor her daughter knows which guy in the picture is uncle archie. what'd she tell you about it? >> she said, "put this in with your genealogy." >> in the spring of 2015, flo's been digging into their family background at the free genealogy program at the local senior center. so do you bring the card to show the class? >> i brought the card to the senior center. he said, "oh, my god. it's perfect." >> "he" is volunteer steve strommer, who runs the class. >> my interest in genealogy started a long time ago. but it's taken on a life of its own, and it's pretty much an obsession. we cou

on april 15, 19 47, he would make the monumental walk on the as a member of the brooklyn dodgers for changing baseball and this country. there is no question that the breaking of the color barrier is one of the most significant events in american history. the museum makes the bold assertion that robinson's breaking of the color barrier was not just a part of the civil rights movement. that was the beginning of the civil rights movement in 1947. more notedbefore the civil rights occurrences. it is before brown v. board of education and before rosa parks refusal to move to the back of the bus. as my dear friend buck o'neil would poetically say, dr. martin was a sophomore when robinson signed the contract. president truman would not integrate military until after jackie. so this is what started the ball of social progress in our country. it is bittersweet. bitter because i am not sure the african-american community was aware of what was losing when we lost the negro leagues. it had been greatly impactful helping to create the dynamics of thriving black culture. when we lost the negro le