Bloom Archives
Jackie Robinson
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Bloomingtonians Who Broke the Color Barrier
In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson smashed baseball’s color barrier when he became the first African American to play in the major leagues.…
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A Tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Our capital’s newest museum offers the most compete collection of African American history and culture to be found anywhere. Bloom dispatched Gladys DeVane and…