This edition: Kostya Kennedy on the Incomparable Jackie Robinson, Part 1
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Original tape date: August 9, 2022. First aired: September 12, 2022.Award-winning sports chronicler, Kostya Kennedy, joins Bob Herbert to discuss his new book “TRUE: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson." TRUE touches on four transformative years of the baseball great and civil rights trailblazer's life. In part 1 of this two part interview, we learn about Jackie Robinson's time playing for the Montreal Royals, a farm team of the Brooklyn Dodgers, as well as his 1949 season with the Dodgers during which he won the Most Valuable Player award.
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Kostya Kennedy Author, TRUE: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
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