Daytona Beach Plays Supporting Role in Jackie Robinson Doc

Daytona Beach is highlighted for its bravery in hosting an interracial baseball game in 1946 when other Florida cities were either openly hostile or not so welcoming of Robinson’s farm team, the Montreal Royals, who played the parent club Brooklyn Dodgers here in an exhibition game during spring training.

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