Did Racism Kill Jackie Robinson? #ActAgainstAmputation #Diabetes

As a follow up to our long-time SALSAmigo Vincent Rowe’s lecture at the Amputation Prevention Alliance, here is a superb article from Tamra Burns Loeb, Alicia Morehead-Gee and Derek Novacek, UCLA via The Conversation

Jackie was slated to have an amputation for “diabetic gangrene”. He died of a heart attack the night before.

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