Jackie Robinson is known as the man who broke the “Color Bar”. The Color Bar was a rule that said no African Americans could play in the MLB. Robinson was the first black man to join the MLB. He received a lot of hate, but he turned it into pride. He is such a legend to baseball, that his number, 42, got permanently retired. Jackie’s number 42 was the first number to be retired across the whole sport. They retired it on the 50th anniversary of him joining the MLB. They retired it on the 50th anniversary of him joining the MLB. Having your number be retired was a huge honor and not many people have done it. Even though he was the first to be black, he still showed that he is an amazing athlete and isn’t shaken by hate. Jackie Robinson should be remembered and celebrated for the amazing things he did for the MLB and the black community. …show more content…
He was born in Cairo, Georgia. Jackie had 4 siblings, and he was the youngest of them. Jackie was often too poor to do anything with his friends. He got into a lot of trouble as a kid, and he was even in a street gang at one point in his life. A local minister and neighborhood mechanic to get him to clean his life up. Robinson starred in baseball, basketball, football, and track in high school and at Pasadena Junior College. He transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1939. (Mcleese) In school, Robinson was known as the most athletic kid in the school. “He was always picked first at recess, and some people even bribed him with money to join their team” (Reetz and Kinsella). People would even give him food to join his team because he was too poor to bring lunch to school. Jackie was a 4 sport athlete in high school. He played baseball, track, football, and