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Jackie Robinson testified against communism before Congress in 1949. By 1968 he resigned from the GOP, citing its "racist" tactics.
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Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’

Like millions of other Blacks during the first half of the 20th Century, legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson was a republican. That changed when the GOP opposed voting rights for Blacks.

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@TheConversationUS @[email protected] not much has changed then