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Who was Jim Becker? AP Journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's Major League debut dies at 98
Jim Becker, a long-time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for the Associated Press (AP), died at age 98 in Honolulu due to natural cause ...
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU – Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking ... AP’s first photo and feared he was headed ...
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98. He died of natural ...
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Jackie Robinson: Before the Dodgers, a 4-sport star at UCLA
Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major ... was drafted and served in the Army. Robinson was stationed in ...
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Tommy Brown, the last living member of historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, dies at age 97
After spending 1946 serving in the US Army, he returned to Brooklyn to play in the 1947 season. That year, Brooklyn general manager Branch Rickey promoted first baseman Jackie Robinson to the ...
Doctor was leader in Black community, helped bring Spurs to S.A.
Dr. James L. Hadnott is remembered for his service on the East Side and his work as an "advocate for the voiceless." ...
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Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...