Jackie Robinson Quotes

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.

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• Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

  

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• After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • Job
  • Help
  • Man