Jackie Robinson's surviving son, David, was a featured member of the festivities honoring Jackie Robinson in Philadelphia Monday (the Phillies' game on the scheduled day was rained out, the way it was in Baltimore and New York). It's a momentous appearance for a couple of reasons: David spends very little time in America these days because he now runs a coffee collective in Tanzania, and on this rare occasion back on native soil, he expressed the same strong views his father, mother Rachel and sister Sharon have over the years and during this anniversary year.

Check out what he told the Philadelphia Daily News in Tuesday's editions: neither Major League Baseball, its teams or the players are doing nearly as much as they could to support the Jackie Robinson Foundation, founded and operated by Rachel Robinson. That's extremely bad news considering baseball couldn't parade enough foundation scholars onto the various fields a couple of weeks ago to be part of the celebrations. But, said David, less than 40 percent of the teams and less than 5 percent of the players do their part.

Also, here's the full story on how he ended up doing what he does in Africa, courtesy of a 2005 Ebony magazine story. (Note to one reader who previously commented on the theme of several posts and columns: stories like this are why it wasn't an insult for you to ask if I should be writing for Ebony instead of here.) At the time, plans were in the works to have the coffee his company grows sold in major-league ballparks. Which is a pleasant, unique way to honor Jackie's legacy, but pretty weak compared to what David says about the foundation.