On Jackie Robinson Day, I’m Remembering the Hall of Famer—and My Friend Chadwick Boseman, Who Brought Him to Life

Jackie Robinson Day is upon us and if current events are any indication, it needs to be celebrated with some exigency this year. As Robinson is rightfully and righteously remembered on ballfields across America, I’d like to remember my friend Chadwick Boseman, who played Jackie in the film 42. I first met Chad in the casting offices of Vickie Thomas. The search for Jack Roosevelt Robinson had begun, and Chad was the second person we met on what promised to be an exhaustive endeavor. He…