Jackie Robinson's legacy lives on through family's foundation

... signing him to a contract in 1947. "My father told us that we had integrated our schools and our neighborhood (in Stamford, Conn.), but he wanted us to be involved as a family. He said, 'We're going to have a mission.' And that sort of set the stage ...

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