This man and his wife hosted the first “Afternoon of Jazz” benefit concert at their home so Wyatt Tee Walker could post bail for imprisoned activists. Robert Kennedy accused this man of being a union-busting tool as vice president of the Chock Full o’Nuts coffee company. This man did not mention his type 2 diabetes in his autobiography I Never Had it Made, but did discuss his regret for endorsing Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy in 1960. This man argued that Black Americans would not support the Soviet Union, refuting Paul Robeson in front of HUAC. Wendell Smith traveled with this person when he was a member of the Montreal Royals. Due to having “guts enough not to fight back,” this man was tapped by Branch Rickey to debut at Ebbets Field on Opening Day in 1947. For 10 points, the number 42 is retired in Major League Baseball to commemorate what first Black player? ■END■
ANSWER: Jackie Robinson [or Jack Roosevelt Robinson]
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