UCLA punters: Jackie Robinson, Charley Fenenbock and Bill Overlin. September 14, 1939.
Los Angeles Public Library, Herald-Examiner Collection
Before Robinson changed the course of history by joining Major League Baseball in 1947, he was UCLA’s first four-sport letterman. In addition to leading the nation in punt return average, he was an NCAA long jump champion in track and field, played for the Bruins’ basketball team, and played one full season with the UCLA baseball squad.
Fashion Mart—Jackie Robinson being fitted
ca. 1940 - 1950
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D. C.), photographers
These are the images and accounts of how people worked, raised families, built communities, worshiped, maintained relationships, expressed themselves and coped with changes and challenges in the past. Most of the subjects are Americans of African descent.
"Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go." — James Baldwin
