do we know the story of leicester red rodney -- lester rodney? lester rodney used the sports section to fight for baseball's integration. a campaign that garnered over a million signatures from wrigley field to yankee stadium to misty park. i got to interview lester rodney for this book. it was an absolute privilege and not something i will ever forget . 95 years old and sharp as a tack. i think we know him mostly as this quiet, suffering, black saint who was brought to the dodgers under the paternal one great sticky -- branch dickey. as -- heon't know him was the number one requested speaker of the naacp in the united states at that time. countryed around the speaking at meetings. the number two speaker was martin luther king. the way that robinson would wrap up his speeches -- he would use this one line. he would say if i have to choose between the hall of fame and full citizenship for my people, i would choose full citizenship time and time again. debs would say that i will arrive, it will be with the ranks not for the ranks. i think it is inc