do we know the story of lester rodney? lester rodney used the sports section to fight for baseball's integration. a campaign that garnered over a million signatures from wrigley field to yankee stadium to misty -- comiskey park. i got to interview lester rodney for this book. it was an absolute privilege and not something i will ever -- never forget. 95 years old and sharp as a tack. we may know jackie robinson as the first two integrate into baseball. i think we know him mostly as this quiet, suffering, black saint who was brought to the dodgers under the paternal one of branch dickey. we also don't know him as -- he was the number one requested speaker of the naacp in the united states at that time. he barnstormed around the country speaking and meetings -- at meetings. he stormed around the country speaking at meetings. the number two speaker was martin luther king. the way that robinson would wrap up his speeches -- he would use this one line. he would say if i have to choose between the hall of fame and full citizensh