Jackie Robinson's General Court Martial
Below is a page from an Army General Court Martial. This series contains records of General Courts Martial, as well as records of Special Courts Martial, that resulted in bad conduct discharges from military service. The records were compiled by the War Department, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1884–September 18, 1947. This page is from the General Court Martial of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, better known as Jackie Robinson. Robinson was the Hall of Fame baseball player whose signing by the Brooklyn Dodgers heralded the end of racial segregation in Major League Baseball. The Court Martial recounts events between white Military Police (MP) and Jackie Robinson at Fort Hood, TX, in July of 1944. Even though Robinson was a 2nd Lieutenant, he was treated with racially motivated bias by a civilian bus driver and by the white MPs.
A page from the General Court Martial of Jackie Robinson. National Archives Identifier: 362767956.
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