Dan W. Dodson

Daniel William Dodson Sr. (April 8, 1907 – August 5, 1995) was an American sociology professor, a supporter of civil rights, and a critic of segregation in education.

Early life Dodson was born on April 8, 1907, in Panther's Chapel, Texas, the son of a sharecropper. He received his bachelor's degree at McMurry College, in Abilene, Texas. Dodson was influential in working to break the color barrier in baseball, working closely with Branch Rickey to hire Jackie Robinson in 1946. and returned to Texas that same year.

Personal life He married his wife Evelyn Foreman on June 9, 1937, in Dallas, Texas. Dodson died on August 5, 1995, in Austin, Texas.

Public appearances Dodson is the narrator in the documentary, Crisis in Levittown, PA.

Quotes "It is now clear that not only does prejudice produce segregation, but segregation produces prejudice."

"Most of us accept current prejudices when we're not exposed to the facts, but I gradually dropped them as I learned the facts."