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On Varick Street in Manhattan, the Jackie Robinson Museum and educational center presents Jackie Robinson as both the player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier and an important figure in the broader history of civil rights. Operated by the Jackie Robinson Foundation, it opened in 2022 after more than fourteen years of planning and construction. Its opening gave New York City its first museum primarily focused on the Civil Rights Movement. With more than four thousand artifacts, including Robinson’s original National Baseball Hall of Fame plaque, it connects his athletic achievements, public life, and activism to the larger struggle for equality in the United States.
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