Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 and died in 1972. His life was a major accomplishment because he broke the strict color barrier for African-American athletes wanting to join a professional baseball team, in 1947 he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson was the youngest of five children, who was raised in poverty, by a single mother. He want to Pasadena Junior College where he became a top athlete playing football, basketball, track and baseball. His first title was the region’s Most Valuable Player in baseball in 1938. His older brother Matthew Robinson won a silver metal in the 200 meter dash at the 1936 olympics in Berlin. He was the one who inspired Jackie to purse his athletic ability. Jackie continued his education at the University of California where he became the first student to win varsity letters in four sports. However he did not graduate UCLA due to financial hardship. After he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he played football for the semi-professional Honolulu Bears, but his season was cut short due to World War II. …show more content…
He joined the Montreals Royals, a farm team of the Dodgers, in 1946. Then he moved to Florida to train with the Royals, his past experience with racial disparities prepared him for the hate he got by his own team members and the audience. Despite the racial problems that occured he had a amazing year that led to his promotion to join the Dodgers. He played his first game on April 15, 1947 with the brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American to play Major League Baseball in the 20th century. In 1949 he had another amazing season that helped the Dodgers win the National League pennant. In 1955 Robison and his team finally won the World Series after failing to beat the New York Yankees many times before. which led to his