March 31, 2016
The Philadelphia City Council apologized fFor an incident in 1947 when, Jackie Robinson faced some of the most abhorrent racism of his baseball career during a game against the Phillies, when the team’s manager led the players in hurling taunts and racial slurs. The resolution will be sent to Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson. Phils manager Ben Chapman led the bench in crude taunting of Robinson such as, “Go back to the cotton fields,” and “They’re waiting for you in the jungles, black boy.”
