- And your father, where did he work at when he first came to this country?
- On the railroad. He was a laborer.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:59:32.515 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- And you call yourselves Americans. Who's your leader? Who started this?
- Tony, you signed that petition.
- Do you wanna deny Robinson the right to play baseball?
- I just don't wanna be on the same team with him.
- Were you born in the United States?
- And your parents, where were they born?
- My father was born in Italy.
- They came to America before you were born?
- Yeah.
- And your father, where did he work at when he first came to this country?
- On the railroad. He was a laborer.
- Your mother, did she work, too?
- She, uh, she worked in a shirt factory.
- Did anybody try to stop your mother from working in the shirt factory?
- Your parents came to this country from Italy and were allowed to work as free people.
[...]
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Memorable voice quotes from the biographical film The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), starring Jackie Robinson as himself.
Actors: Jackie Robinson (Himself), Ruby Dee (Rae Robinson), Minor Watson (Branch Rickey), Louise Beavers (Jackie's mother)
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