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Jackie Robinson Museum opens after 14 years of planning

CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Billie Jean King speaks to the media prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - A Jackie Robinson 1955 World Championship ring on display at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Jackie Robinson's posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, is displayed at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Della Britton, President & CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, speaks to the media inside the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Della Britton, President & CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, speaks to the media at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson, enters the newly-opened Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Chairs are set up outside the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. Long dreamed about and under construction for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the 100-year-old wife of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - A Jackie Robinson 1953 All Stars jacket on display at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson, cuts the ribbon for the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson, is shown at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - An exhibit is shown at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Exhibits are shown at the Jackie Robinson Museum that opened Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Billie Jean King speaks to the media prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - A Jackie Robinson 1955 World Championship ring on display at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Jackie Robinson's posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, is displayed at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Della Britton, President & CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, speaks to the media inside the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Della Britton, President & CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, speaks to the media at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson, enters the newly-opened Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Chairs are set up outside the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. Long dreamed about and under construction for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the 100-year-old wife of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - A Jackie Robinson 1953 All Stars jacket on display at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson, cuts the ribbon for the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson, is shown at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - An exhibit is shown at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) CORRECTS MONTH TO JULY, NOT JUNE - Exhibits are shown at the Jackie Robinson Museum that opened Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Billie Jean King speaks to the media prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) A Jackie Robinson 1955 World Championship ring on display at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Jackie Robinson's posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, is displayed at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Della Britton, President & CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, speaks to the media inside the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Della Britton, President & CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, speaks to the media at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson, enters the newly-opened Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Chairs are set up outside the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. Long dreamed about and under construction for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the 100-year-old wife of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) A Jackie Robinson 1953 All Stars jacket on display at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson, cuts the ribbon for the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson, is shown at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) An exhibit is shown at the Jackie Robinson Museum, Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Exhibits are shown at the Jackie Robinson Museum that opened Tuesday, June 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)