Join a
Discussion on Jackie Robinson
EW YORK -- The legacy of Jackie Robinson, 50 years after he
broke baseball's color barrier, will be discussed by scholars,
writers and former Brooklyn Dodgers during a three-day symposium
starting Thursday at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus.
Among the scheduled speakers are Robinson's widow, Rachel
Robinson; Akua Campanella, the Dodger catcher Roy Campanella's
granddaughter; former Dodger players, and the writers and reporters
Roger Kahn, Jimmy Breslin and Paul Robeson Jr., and Arnold
Rampersad of Princeton University, the author of a new Robinson
biography.
Daily tickets cost $40 for Thursday, $60 for Friday and $20 for
Saturday, space permitting. All of Thursday's sessions will take
place in the Health and Science Building, at 1 University Plaza.
More information can be obtained by phoning (718) 488-1010.
