Deshawn Smith HB: 321 2/11/15 “Jackie Robinson “
Name: Jackie Robinson Birth Day: January 31,1919 Death Day: October 24,1972 Early Life: Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a sharecropping family. He moved to Pasadena, California, with his mother mallei in 1920, excelled in five sports at Muir High School. Interesting Facts: ~ Married Rachel Issum on February 10,1946 ~ Children Jackie Jr. (Died in 1971), Sharon and David height: 5’11 ~UCLA professional team: Brooklyn dodgers year played: 1947-56: April 15,1947. The person should be included is Jackie Robinson because he was the first African American to play major baseball league and made the team in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. As the first major league team to play a black man since the 1880s, the Dodgers ended racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades. Robinson’s character, his use of nonviolent and his
unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation, which then marked Romany other aspects of American life, and contributed significantly Civil Rights.