Teaching With Documents:
Beyond the Playing Field -
Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate
LETTER JACKIE ROBINSON TO PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON
APRIL 18, 1967
Although Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most prominent
spokesman for civil rights, other movement leaders, including A. Philip Randolph,
James Farmer, and Julian Bond, actively opposed the war in Vietnam or at least
resented the increased amount of Federal money going toward the conflict--resources
that otherwise could be spent on domestic problems. Some, like Robinson, believed
that King's open opposition endangered the credibility of the movement as charges
of Communist infiltration continued to be leveled by white conservatives. Polarization
and disillusionment seemed to be taking place in every sector of society.
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