Sharon Robinson: Origins of the Jackie Robinson Foundation

Author Sharon Robinson talks about her father's work with Dr. King and how it instilled in his family the importance of having a mission and standing up for what you believe is right.

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Sharon Robinson

Children’s Author

Sharon Robinson is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for children. Sharon has written several widely praised books about her father — baseball legend Jackie Robinson — including Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963), The Hero Two Doors Down, Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America, Jackie Robinson: American Hero, and the picture book Testing the Ice.

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