Telegram from Jackie Robinson to President Johnson

3/9/1965

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Jackie Robinson sent this message to President Johnson regarding violence in Selma, Alabama.

This primary source comes from the Collection LBJ-WHCF: White House Central Files (Johnson Administration).

Full Citation: Telegram from Jackie Robinson to the President; 3/9/1965; HU 2/ST 1: Equality of the Races/Alabama; White House Subject Files on Human Rights, 11/22/1963 - 1/20/1969; Collection LBJ-WHCF: White House Central Files (Johnson Administration); Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/jackie-robinson-lbj, April 27, 2025]

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