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Seven decades ago, Jackie Robinson stepped onto Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field and changed not only the face of professional baseball in America: in ways subtle and profound, he changed the nation itself.
Here, a selection of both classic and, in some cases, rare pictures that paint a portrait of a man whose dignity, competitive fire and grace under pressure set him indelibly and inevitably apart from his peers and his rivals.
(Allan Grant—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

life:

Seven decades ago, Jackie Robinson stepped onto Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field and changed not only the face of professional baseball in America: in ways subtle and profound, he changed the nation itself.

Here, a selection of both classic and, in some cases, rare pictures that paint a portrait of a man whose dignity, competitive fire and grace under pressure set him indelibly and inevitably apart from his peers and his rivals.

(Allan Grant—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)