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October 11, 2007 Lee Lowenfish to Speak at The State Historical Society Annual Meeting When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson in 1945, he changed Major League Baseball forever. Destroying the color barrier that had kept African Americans out of the league, Rickey showed that he was dedicated to both the Dodgers and human rights, and not afraid of the inevitable controversy. In fact, he was used to it: a religious man and noted Sabbatarian, Rickey never played, attended, or managed a baseball game on Sunday. The experiences of the “moral and idealistic” executive will be the subject of this year’s luncheon speech at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon as Lee Lowenfish presents “The Midwestern Roots of Branch Rickey’s Racial Progressivism, 1920-1940.” A historian, journalist, broadcaster, jazz commentator, and New York City native, Lowenfish earned his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and currently teaches at Columbia University. He is the author of The Imperfect Diamond: A History of Baseball’s Labor Wars, as well as Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman. The State Historical Society of Missouri’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon will be held on Saturday, November 3, at the Reynolds Alumni and Visitor Center on the University of Missouri–Columbia campus. Reservations for the luncheon must be made by October 22. For information or to make reservations, call the Society at (573) 882–7083 or go online at shs.umsystem.edu/annualmeeting/. posted @ 1:46 PM
 
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