The son of the first black baseball player in the major leagues was in Israel this week to learn about solar energy. David Robinson, the son of Jackie Robinson, lives on a farm in Tanzania and raises coffee beans. He and his business partner, Irving Schatz, hope to import solar energy equipment to Tanzania.
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