![]() ![]() "What an important story for us to tell, in particular some of our young people, who may not understand some of the significance of this history," Littlejohn says. He also made his mark off the field, in business and a civil rights activist. The utility is hosting a pop-up exhibit at One Metro Tech Center, marking 70 years since April 15th 1947, when Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field as the first black man to play in the big leagues. "It's an important historical story not only baseball, but more importantly what it represents to us globally," says Melanie Littlejohn, the utility's vice president of community and customer management. The whole story can be found in the Brooklyn headquarters of National Grid. He played four sports at UCLA and starred in the Negro Leagues before signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. Jackie Robinson's road to breaking baseball's color barrier was a long one. ![]()
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