Ice Cream
Clip: 4/11/2016 | 1m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Alton Waldon of Brooklyn shares a childhood memory of meeting Jackie Robinson.
In this clip from JACKIE ROBINSON, Alton Waldon of Brooklyn shares a childhood memory of when he and his school friends met Jackie Robinson, who treated the children to ice cream that day, and whom they revered as "a real hero who looked like" them. #JackieRobinsonPBS
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Ice Cream
Clip: 4/11/2016 | 1m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
In this clip from JACKIE ROBINSON, Alton Waldon of Brooklyn shares a childhood memory of when he and his school friends met Jackie Robinson, who treated the children to ice cream that day, and whom they revered as "a real hero who looked like" them. #JackieRobinsonPBS
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