Letters of Note

Letters of Note

We have been the most patient of all people

Jackie Robinson writes to President Eisenhower

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Shaun Usher
May 13, 2023
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The following letter was written on this day in 1958 and can be found in the first volume of Letters of Note. The embedded audio, featuring a reading of the letter by Colin Salmon, is from the Letters of Note audiobook.

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