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Jackie Robinson Hall of Fame Plaque Dedicated June 25 in Cooperstown
Rachel Robinson to Appear in Cooperstown to Celebrate Jackie Robinson’s Legacy
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(COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.): The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will dedicate a new Hall of Fame plaque for Jackie Robinson on Wednesday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m. in the Hall of Fame Gallery. The plaque unveiling ceremony has been rescheduled from its original unveiling date of May 3.
Following the ceremony, Sharon Robinson, daughter of Jackie Robinson, will be the featured guest in an installment of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Voices of the Game Series, at 3 p.m., with a special appearance by Rachel Robinson, Jackie’s widow. The one-hour discussion and question-and-answer session is part of the Voices of the Game Series, presented by the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown and by XM Satellite Radio. Tickets are now available for $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under by calling 607-547-0397.
A civil rights activist, professor, nurse, wife and mother, Mrs. Robinson is a woman of enormous accomplishments. As part of the Voices of the Game Series event, Mrs. Robinson will discuss her work and the efforts achieved jointly with her late husband through education. In 1973, one year after Jackie’s death, Mrs. Robinson created the Jackie Robinson Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide college scholarships, extensive mentoring and leadership training. Sharon Robinson, who serves as the Vice Chair of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, is also an educational consultant for Major League Baseball. Sharon has authored several non-fiction books about her father, as well as a novel.
The Jackie Robinson Foundation provides four-year college scholarships to minority students who demonstrate academic achievement, leadership capacity and financial need. The more than 1,200 Foundation alumni are both leaders in their professional fields and consummate ambassadors of Jackie’s legacy of community service. The Foundation is currently celebrating its 35th anniversary. Currently, 259 Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholars attend 93 colleges and universities in 30 states. Since the inception of the program, JRF Scholars have maintained a 97% graduation rate, more than twice the national average for minority students.
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