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Jackie Robinson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brooklyn Dodger infielder Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947. (Photograph by Bob Sandberg, 1954.) Jack Roosevelt Robinson January 31 October 24 ) became the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in . Robinson's achievement has been recognized by the retirement by each Major League team of his uniform number, Contents Before the Major League The Dodgers Post Dodgers See also ... edit Before the Major League Born in Cairo, Georgia , Robinson moved with his mother and siblings to Pasadena, California in 1920, after his father deserted the family. At the University of California, Los Angeles , he was a football basketball track , and baseball star where he played with Kenny Washington , who would become one of the first black players in the National Football League since the early . His brother Matthew "Mack" Robinson (1912-2000) competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics , finishing second in the 200-meter sprint behind Jesse Owens After leaving UCLA without a degree in , Robinson enlisted in the US Army during World War II . He trained with the segregated U.S. 761st Tank Battalion

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SPORTS Baseball Football Basketball Books SUPPORT BR.com Newly Available Pages Your Sponsorships Quick Index: Players Teams Leagues Managers ... Bullpen You Are Here Baseball-Reference.com Players Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson Bats Right, Throws Right Height Weight 204 lb. School University of California, Los Angeles Debut April 15, 1947 Final Game September 30, 1956 Born January 31 in Cairo, GA Died October 24 in Stamford, CT Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962. Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946. All Transactions About biographical information BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this player what's this? ... Heritage Sports Collectibles Heritage Sports Collectibles specializes in rare and collectible sports cards, uniforms, equipment, and related vintage memorabilia. BaseballBooks.net Your source for the latest baseball and sports books Pro-Football-Reference.com Our gridiron counterpart. Basketball-Reference.com Our cager counterpart Subscribe to our mailing list Pronumbra Public Relations sponsor(s) this page. You can sponsor a page Page Expires: 2006-09-15 Alert Me!

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Jackie Robinson first African American player in baseball major leagues his actions resulted in opportunities for other African Americans Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, the grandson of a slave. Jackie was the youngest of five children. When he was six months old, his father deserted the family. His mother moved them to California where it was easier for blacks to live and get work. In those days, life was very hard for black people in the South. This upset young Jackie. He became very involved in sports. He played football, basketball, baseball and ran track. In college he was a top football player. He left college before graduating. Jackie worked for the National Youth Administration at a work camp but the camp was closed. In the fall of 1941, he joined the Honolulu Bears professional football team and then was drafted into the Army. While stationed in Kansas with the Army, he worked with Joe Louis, a famous boxer, to fight unfair treatment of black people in the military. After leaving the Army, Robinson joined the Kansas City Monarchs. They were a team in the Negro League. This team was made up of African American baseball players. He soon become one of the leagues top players but did like the low pay and constant traveling. He didn't want to make baseball his career. The Brooklyn Dodger president, Branch Rickey, had been looking for a black player to bring into the major leagues. Those leagues were closed to blacks at that time. In 1945, Robinson signed a contract to play for a Dodgers farm team, the Montreal Royals. Many owners and sportswriters were against this. They thought bringing blacks into the league would destroy major league baseball.

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The BASEBALL Page The Web Site Menu Home Baseball Forums Ask the Expert This Day in History All-Time Teams Player Pages Team Pages Ultimate Games World Series Baseball FAQ Baseball Features StatsCenter Baseball Articles Free TBP Newsletter JACKIE ROBINSON There are a two men in baseball history that every American should learn about: Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson. Ruth deserves to be remembered for primarily what he did between the lines, Robinson for simply crossing the line. After Branch Rickey bravely signed him to a contract, Robinson broke the "unwritten" color barrier when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He endured taunts, insults, threatened boycotts, death threats, isolation, and immense pressure to become the best all-around player in the National League. He won Rookie of the Year honors, the Most Valuable Player Award, and led Brooklyn to six pennants in ten years. Played For Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-1956) Robinson was traded to the New York Giants in December of 1956, but he retired in January and nullified the deal. Post-Season 1947 World Series, 1949 World Series, 1952 World Series, 1953 World Series, 1955 World Series, 1956 World Series

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Introduction Shadow Ball Bases Dividedn Baseball Memories ... Baseball Geometry Crossing the Line: Jackie Robinson Download PDF The Best of the Best Stadium Consultants Mapping Baseball ... Related PBS Lessons CROSSING THE LINE: JACKIE ROBINSON Grade: Subject: Mathematics Background: Of all the lessons baseball can teach us, none is more important that the one taught by Jackie Robinson, the ballplayer who broke the unwritten rule that kept black athletes out of the major leagues for sixty years. Baseball was a segregated sport until the mid-1940s, when Jackie Robinson broke the game's color barrier, prompted by a daring baseball executive, Branch Rickey. Robinson endured many challenges to prove his prowess as an athlete, be accepted as an important contributor to the sport, and most important, to defend and uphold the dignity of his race. In this activity students assess Jackie Robinson's impact in three areas of American society by studying his life and contributions to baseball. Activity Options: I) If possible, have students view Inning 6, The National Pastime , which presents Jackie Robinson's life. Ask students to discuss the following about the baseball player:

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JACKIE ROBINSON: GOLDEN APRIL 15, 1997 TRANSCRIPT April 15th marks the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic first day as a Brooklyn Dodger. The baseball legend hit a grand slam over the color barrier, paving the way for thousands of dreams. A background report by Kwame Holman is followed by a panel discussion with Charlayne Hunter-Gault. A RealAudio version of this segment is available. NEWSHOUR LINKS: April 15, 1997: A backgrounder on the great achievements of Jackie Robinson. April 24, 1997: Join our Online Forum with author Roger Kahn on Jackie Robinson and other baseball legends. April 11, 1997: David Gergen engages author Roger Kahn on Jackie Robinson and other baseball legends. April 14, 1997: Tiger Woods wins the Masters Golf Tournament. Browse the Sports Index Page OUTSIDE LINKS: Major League Baseball has created a special Jackie Robinson section of their site entitled, "Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers." The National Archives has established a webpage documenting Jackie Robinson's behind-the-scenes work for civil rights The LA Dodgers, Robinson's old team, has gathered together facts and videos of the former player The Jackie Robinson Society homepage.

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Home Heritage History Civil Rights ... Organizations Web This Site Hot Topics Data on African Americans African Americans Dating Resources Marvin Gaye: one of the most successful and popular during the early years of Motown African American History Month - Celebrate! ... A historical overview of black filmmaking and the portrayal of blacks in American film In The News Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Speaks on National African American History Month February 18, 2005 FBI Assistant Director Cassandra M. Chandler Crossing Color Lines and Fulfilling Dreams, Black History Month February 22, 2005 Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson became the first black baseball player in the modern major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Playing from 1947 to 1956, Robinson had a career batting average of .311, and in 1962 became the first black player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. After retiring from baseball, Robinson became a prominent business and political figure. He began his career however in the old Negro Leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs.

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53. Jackie Robinson Timeline The timeline highlights significant events in jackie robinson s life from birth to jackie is inducted into the Major League baseball Hall of Fame. http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/honormlk/jrtimes.htm

Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... Tools br> February, 2000 Rachel and Jackie Robinson A timeline of events Jack Roosevelt Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia. Rachel Isum is born in Los Angeles, California. Rachel and Jackie meet at UCLA, where Jack is the first athlete in UCLA history to letter in four sports in a single year. Jackie joins the army. Rachel studies nursing in San Francisco and works as a riveter in an aircraft factory at night. Jackie joins the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League. On October 23 he signs a contract to play for the Montreal Royals, the top minor league team of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Branch Rickey, the Dodgers general manager, pays him a $3,500 bonus, plus $600 per month. Rachel and Jackie are married in February. Jackie plays his first minor league game. The Royals win the "Little World Series," with Jackie scoring the winning run in the seventh and deciding game. Jackie plays in his first major league game. During the season he is taunted by players and fans. His salary is $5,000, plus a $3,500 bonus. Robinson is named the National League Rookie of the Year. A son, Jackie Jr., is born.

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Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... SOCIAL STUDIES United States History Jackie Robinson: An American Hero He endured teammates spitting tobacco juice in his face, fans yelling slurs, and death threats, and played through it all with grace. In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to break Major League Baseball's color line. As baseball season opens every year, you can't see Robinson steal home or scoop a grounder. But you can get a close-up understanding of Robinson's life and era, his lasting impact, and baseball history, helped by the Web. Robinson's promotion of equality did not end on the base paths. Your students can see the telegrams and letters Robinson sent to American presidents and discuss the ways he believed an individual can have an impact on government policy. For students to understand the discrimination Robinson and others faced before 1947, they can check out the stories of great athletes like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, who played in the Negro Leagues . Women baseball players have faced barriers and had "leagues of their own" too, as your class can find out by learning about the

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Home Search Indexes E-books ... creative Creative Quotations from . . . Jackie Robinson 1919-1972) born on Jan 31 US baseball player. He was the first black player in the major leagues and the first Black to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame; .311 career average. Search millions of documents for Jackie Robinson Fishing For Creativity Creative Perfumes The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go." I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me . . . All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back? "The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it." "I've been riding on Cloud Nine since the election, and I don't think I'll ever come down. Today, everything is complete." Published Sources for the above Quotations: F: ""Baseball Has Done It," 1964." R: ""I Never Had It Made," 1972."

56. NPR : Jackie Robinson And The Integration Of Baseball NPR s Scott Simon discusses his new book, jackie robinson and the Integration of baseball, with Morning Edition s Bob Edwards. http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/oct/robinson/

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Jackie Robinson Mini-Unit Authored by Michelle Keisel Suggested for grades 2-3 Menu Background Information References Procedures Assessment Background Information Jackie Robinson was born to a sharecropper's cabin on January 31, 1919. He was the fifth and last surviving child. The Robinson's worked for the Sasser family in exchange for their cabin and a few provisions. The family earned the equivalent of three dollars a week, which could only be spent at the Sasser plantation store. Jerry Robinson, Jackie's father, left the family in 1919. Later the Robinson family moved to California where Jackie's uncle lived. Life was better there, but the family was still very poor. Jackie's mother worked long hours as a domestic, leaving the children home on their own. Gaining an education was very important to Jackie's mother. Because Jackie grew up in a time where opportunities were extremely limited for African Americans, he had to fight for everything. Jackie's mother taught him that the future would not just "work out" but that he would have to stand up for himself at all times. He did. He had a temper and a fiery personality, which often got him into trouble. Jackie loved playing practical jokes that could sometimes be cruel. He was also the leader of the Pepper Street gang, he felt comfortable in the gang because the members were a mixture of African American, Japanese Americans, Hispanic, and some whites. The gang got into some minor trouble with the law due to stealing, and other unlawful activities. Jackie decided to leave the gang because it wasn't helping his life in any way. Sports probably also played a part in that decision.

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In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League ball in half a century. Though he shattered the national pastime’s unwritten color barrier, the 28-year-old Georgia native quietly endured constant heckling, on and off the field. Eventually, people became accustomed to seeing the Brooklyn Dodgers field the grandson of a slave at second base. That’s when the team's management gave Robinson the green light to be himself: proud and outspoken (he had nearly been court-martialed by the U.S. Army in 1944 for refusing to sit in the back of a bus). Following his retirement, Robinson pressed the Kennedy Administration to enact civil-rights legislation, telling the then-president: "We're going use whatever voice we have to awaken our people." As Major League Baseball’s director of education, Sharon Robinson is keeping that promise through a grammar-school program that she created and manages called "Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life." Initiated in 1998 in eight Major-League cities, the program will be expanded to the leagues’ remaining cities next year. Robinson participates in regional workshops, training teachers to serve as program "advocates," and eventually wants to introduce a Spanish-language version of Breaking Barriers.

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White House Home Page HOME HISTORY TOURS ... PATRIOTISM White House Dream Team: Jackie Roosevelt Robinson Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was a pioneer in desegregating baseball. He broke through racial barriers to become one of the most historically-significant baseball players ever when he became the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues in the 20th Century. Jackie, whose full name was Jack Roosevelt Robinson, was born in Grady County, Georgia to Mallie and Jerry Robinson on January 31, 1919. His middle name was chosen to honor former President Theodore Roosevelt. When Jackie was a year old, his mother moved her five children to Pasadena, California to start a new life. From a young age, Jackie loved to read and play sports. He was a regular visitor to the La Pintoresca branch of the Pasadena Public library. Jackie was good at sports, and he was very competitive while playing children's games such as dodge ball. Jackie's role model was his brother Mack, who placed second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics. He followed in his brother's footsteps by excelling in track as well as basketball, football and tennis in high school and college. Jackie's reading ability allowed him to finish high school and attend Pasadena Junior College, where he became the leadoff batter and star athlete for the school's baseball team. His talent led him to UCLA, where he earned letters in four sports. He excelled in football, track, basketball, swimming and tennis. He won the 1940 NCAA long-jump title.

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