Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia He was the first black athlete to play MBL in the 20th century with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and he was a vocal civil rights activist. He was the youngest of five children, and was raised by a single mother. For high school, he went to John Muir High School and for college he went to Pasadena Junior College. He was an excellent athlete and play four sports, football, basketball, baseball, and track. In 1938, he was named the region’s most valuable player. Jackie had to leave UCLA in 1941, because of financial hardship, and then he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. Later on world war ll starts and he served as a second lieutenant in the United States army. At the camp of Fort Hood, Texas and was arrested for refusing to give up his seat and move to the back of the bus but he eventually was discharged in 1944. Jackie had meet his wife, Rachel Isum Robinson in the early 1940s in nurse in training. They were both attending the University of California, Los Angeles. They finally got married on February 10, 1946, and had three kids together: Jack, Sharon, and David. Their oldest child died at age 24 in a car …show more content…
He was the first black man to be hired to play in a major league club. He was a man of honesty, courage, determination. Many fans and teammates resented him for play in the MLB. He faced a lot of racism, insults, and discrimination, which was a very big conflict for him. Many people did not believe that he should be playing in the MLB league because he was African American. For an example the following month, the St. Louis Cardinals threatened to strike rather than allow a black player in their game with Brooklyn. In addition, he was warned him to expect abuse, and Robinson was often taunted from the bleachers, especially during away games. He and his family were threatened, Robinson kept his