In a state wrought with racial tension, Jackie Robinson suited up for his first spring training game

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On the morning of March 17, 1946, Jackie Robinson sat with his wife Rachel in a small bedroom in a stranger’s home in Daytona Beach, Florida, and wondered what lay ahead for him that afternoon.
Robinson would make history if he played for the Triple A Montreal Royals in his first spring training game. No black had worn the uniform of a team in organized baseball since the 19th century.
Much has been written about Robinson’s first major league game. Far less is known about the first integrated spring training game in Florida.
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