Full Bio: The Twilight of Jackie Robinson's Career

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 4, 2022

For the latest installment of our ongoing Full Bio series, we speak with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. On day three, we talk about the twilight of Robinson's career, his disagreements with Dodgers management, and his decision to retire.

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