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Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919 as Jackie Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson. He came from a family of sharecroppers who lived in Cairo, Georgia. Jackie was the youngest of five children who grew up in a relatively poor section of Pasadena CA. Robinson attended John Muir High School, where he lettered in football, basketball, track and baseball. Robinson was enrolled at Pasadena City College in 1937 and quickly dominated Pasadena sports before transferring to UCLA in 1939 on an athletic scholarship. Jackie Robinson gained national recognition in 1941 when he became the first athlete in the history of UCLA to earn a letter in four different sports in the same year (football, basketball, track and baseball). (Eyewitness History …show more content…

(McCutcheon -1) While all Americans coped with the overwhelming challenges that the economy and war presented, some Americans faced an additional hardship which included segregation. Legal segregation, also known as the Jim Crow Law, defined every aspect of life for those who lived under its restrictions. Racial segregation was a live well in the United States in the 1940’s. Segregation was a time when the courts enforced the separation of African Americans from other races. In the south, Jim Crow laws existed to disfranchise black Americans. Due to the laws, African- Americans were forced to use segregated schools, public restrooms, neighborhoods, transportation, and even substandard hospitals. If an African American chose to disobey or challenge this inequitable system or laws, they could be subject to fines, jail time, harassment and even outright violence. “Jim Crow Laws included laws such as “It shall be unlawful for a Negro and white person to play together or in company with each other, other in any game of cards, or dice, dominoes or checkers.” Birmingham, Alabama, 1930. Even though Robinson moved from the South to CA, he and his family could not escape discrimination and the enforcement of the Jim Crow Laws. These laws followed black men into the military and almost got Robinson court-martialed from the US Army for disobeying …show more content…

For the first time in history, young black athletes believed that they could have a chance.” (Jacobson 5) Not only was Robinson a role model for other African American Athletes, he was a huge contributor to the Dodgers success throughout his career. His first year he won Rookie of the Year award and the Dodgers won the pennant for the first time in six years. In 1949 Robinson was voted the National Leagues most valuable player and assisted the Dodgers in winning 6 pendants. A story that continued to be told even in 50 years later in the box

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Jackie excelled early in all sports & learned to make his way in life. Jackie attended UCLA. He was the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports; Baseball, basketball, football, and track. In 1941 Jackie was named all-American football team; because of money problems he could no longer attend college.

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Jackie Robinson was the first African American player in the MLB (Major League Baseball.) Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919. In the early 1940´s Robinson met nurse-in-training Rachel Isum Robinson, while they were both attending the University of California. Robinson fought very hard to play on an all white MLB team called the Brooklyn Dodgers and eventually made it in 1947. Jackie Robinson was an amazing baseball player with a batting average of .311, 137 homeruns, 197 stolen bases, and .409 on base percentage!

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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia to a sharecropping family. His parents were named Mallie and Jerry Robinson. Jackie had three brothers: Edgar, Frank, and Mack, as well as a sister, Willa Mae. Jerry worked on a plantation for twelve dollars a month, but was complaining about being sick of farming and spending an increasing amount of time in Cairo. Six months after Jackie was born, Jerry told Mallie that he was going to visit his brother in Texas, but Mallie was afraid Jerry would never come back to his family.

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(Static Character) Jackie furthered his education at UCLA, where he was UCLA’s first student of any color to win varsity letters in four different sports. Despite his athletic success, Robinson was forced to leave UCLA just shy of graduation due to financial hardship. Jackie moved over to Hawaii, and he got the opportunity to play

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Jason Shaw Mrs.Outley English Lit 2nd Period 26 October 2017 The Life of Jackie Robinson On January 31st 1919 a boy named Jackie Robinson was born by his mother Mallie Robinson. This boy would grow up to take what he wanted in life and he created history thru his accomplishments.

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Jackie was born January 31 1919 in Cario Georgia. Jackie Robinson 2 names Robison and jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson was an all American baseball player. When Jackie Robinson was 1 his dad left and Jackie and his family moved to Pasadena California. ‘’Jackie Robinson, was an outstanding athlete he also attended muir technical high school he was starred in basketball, football and track. After graduating high school jack than joined the u.s. army and served 31 months.

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Born in January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, Jackie Robinson was raised by a single mother and was the youngest of five children. His mother was Mallie Robinson and his father was Jerry Robinson. Growing up, his family was very poor and were constantly in debt. His family worked on a farm and were sharecroppers.

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For instance, when he was going to college at UCLA he played basketball, football, track, and baseball. He was the first to win varsity in all four sports. Due to the fact that he was one out of four black players to play for the UCLA Bruins football team he made sure that he did his best always. The other black players were Woody Strode, Kenny Washington, and Ray Bartlett. In football he was the quarterback in track and field Jackie won NCAA men's Track and Field championships.

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He was selected for six All-Star games, and led the Brooklyn Dodgers to six National League pennants and one World Series championship. In 1962, Robinson was elected as the first African American to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Robinson made Major League Baseball’s All-Century team and ranked fifteenth among ESPN’s top-century athletes. Robinson transformed the national pastime, combining speed with power”(Porter). Racial boundaries in sports were dramatically changed as a result of Robinson's on-field success.

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Jackie Robinson is known to be one of the most influential people in baseball and in society. He eternally changed the aspect of American history. It was unusual to have a colored person be treated equally as a white person during the time of the 1900s. He was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 and later moved to Pasadena, California to pursue a better life. He came from a poor family of sharecroppers in the South and was the youngest of five.

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Jackies career consisted of many obstacle and barriers that he had to jump over, through his childhood times, his come up to being a MLB player, and lastly his time of becoming a hall of famer. I. With Jackie being persistent which his choice of a sport only known as a white sport overall, trying to make his way to the MLB created a huge stir in the game of baseball. a. In this biography it states that Jackie said that “You might say that I turned professional at an early age,”

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He was raised by a single working mom with five children. After Jackie graduated from a junior college in Pasadena he went on to study at UCLA. He became the university's first four-sport letter winner, excelling in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field. After leaving UCLA, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Jackie Robinson, a man who braved through the color barrier, made a

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¨A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,¨-- Jackie Robinson. (brainyquote.com). Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt Robinson is the person of the twentieth century as he is a legend beyond baseball. By playing baseball for so many years, he was able to prove that he was a remarkable baseball player. Robinson was also able to win numerous awards for all of his accomplishments.

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He played in the Negro Leagues. He also made his way to the Major Leagues. Overcoming his childhood and the Negro and Minor Leagues, Jackie Robinson became a well-known legend in the Major Leagues. Jackie Robinson spent all of his childhood in Pasadena, California. “Jackie grew up in a house on 121 Pepper Street in Pasadena” (Rampersad 19).

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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. His middle name was Roosevelt because Teddy Roosevelt had died 25 days before his birth. He had four siblings and was raised by a single mother, while being the youngest in the family. After his father left the family in 1920, they moved to Pasadena, California (Tygiel). He grew up in a poor family, so his mother had to work multiple jobs.

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