Springfield NAACP Celebrates Jackie Robinson Day
Join us on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 6:30 PM at Hammons Field
The Springfield Cardinals will play the Frisco Roughriders to commemorate Jackie Robinson’s historical integration of major league baseball as the first base starter for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Show your support by sporting Jackie Robinson’s retired number to the game – 42
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time – Jackie Robinson
Purchase tickets ($12.00) at Big Momma’s Coffee and Expresso Bar – 217 E Commercial Street.
Co-hosted by the Springfield Cardinals Baseball Club
POC: Dr. Sabrina A. Brinson Sbrinson@missouristate.edu