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By Deborah Creighton Skinner | Published June 23, 2010 | Full size is 504 × 332 pixels

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947, when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. (Date issued: Aug. 2, 1982)

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947, when he joined…