This quote, from Jackie Robinson's introduction to his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, will not be repeated during any pre-game ceremonies in baseball stadiums today. Major League Baseball has always been only too happy to present a highly-diluted version of Robinson that erases his justifiable anger and words of truth from history.
This post's title is only a slight exaggeration.
My partner Laura recently read Arnold Rampersad's Jackie Robinson: A Biography. Rampersad was the first writer to have full access to Robinson's personal papers and the hundreds of letters, including many to his wife Rachel.