On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson took his position at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, marking the end of racial segregation in Major League Baseball’s modern era. At 28 years old, Robinson was first African-American to play in the major leagues since the late 1800s, breaking a “gentleman’s agreement” that had effectively barred Black … Read more
Six days later, he gives another performance, in Washington, D.C., in Room 226 of the Old House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Senator John Wood, of Ku Klux Klan progeny, then shepherd of the HUAC, had invited him to testify about the “communist infiltration of minority groups,” seemingly evidenced by the interest that Black American … Read more
Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff celebrated his 69th birthday on February 1. The actor marked the occasion with an intimate birthday bash attended by close friends at filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s residence. Ghai later revealed how Salman Khan surprised everyone by showing up for Jackie’s birthday on getting just a message and went on to heap praise … Read more