If This Tag Could Talk …
This is the tag that was used on Jackie Robinson's
luggage as he traveled the country in the mid-1950s,
while playing baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color
barrier in 1947, he was not allowed in "White
Only" hotels. Jackie’s luggage tag
represents the new freedoms that Robinson's impact
had on baseball -- and the acceptance of the black
athlete in baseball and in American society. 
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