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Brooklyn Dodgers, Opening Day, 1947

Brooklyn Dodgers, Opening Day, 1947

This is what history looks like: A snapshot of baseball's color line forever obliterated. Jackie Robinson poses with his Dodger teammates Johnny "Spider" Jorgensen, Pee Wee Reese, and Eddie Stanky, April 15, 1947, at Brooklyn's fabled Ebbets Field.

In this photo: Jackie Robinson, Johnny Jorgensen, Harold Reese, Eddie Stanky

Photo: Photo File/Getty Images

Apr 15, 1947
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