The only number retired across all of major league baseball belongs to Jackie Robinson—a civil rights pioneer on and off the field—born on this day in 1919 in Cairo, Georgia.
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- Revisit the life of the Georgia peanut farmer who rose to become our 39th president. Now is the last chance to stream JIMMY CARTER on YouTube 👇 youtu.be/C1vxrfmHMSE
- On January 29, 2002, President George W. Bush drew new dividing lines in geopolitics, using the phrase "axis of evil" to describe countries like Iran, Iraq, and North Korea and other "regimes that sponsor terror", in his first State of the Union. 📸:(Eric Draper/White House)
- Once upon a midnight dreary, 180 years ago today, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was published in the New York Evening Mirror. Though the poem may appear supernatural, Poe took inspiration from the tragic events of his own life. bit.ly/4aEcOoT
- Meet one of the most influential—yet least known—figures of the civil rights movement. FORGOTTEN HERO: WALTER WHITE AND THE NAACP premieres February 25 at 9/8c on @PBS → to.pbs.org/3Cr2svG #ForgottenHeroPBS
