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Originally Posted by nolemmings
BTW, it should be remembered that the great Jackie Robinson, who served in the military during a time of World War, also protested the flag:
In his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, Jackie Robinson -- who broke baseball’s color line in 1947 -- wrote, "As I write this twenty years later, I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world."
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It should also be remembered the actual oppression he suffered through, and that he served in a time where the draft was still active.
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