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11 de dic. de 2023 · One of the greatest athletes of all time is largely regarded to have been Jackie Robinson, an American baseball player. Robinson, who was born on January 31st, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, was raised by sharecroppers and endured bigotry and discrimination throughout his youth and early adulthood. When Robinson became the first African American to ...
30 de abr. de 2022 · When Jackie Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, he not only integrated Major League Baseball. He was signaling to the nation—on one of its biggest stages ...
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. He would later become the first African American named a vice president at a fortune 500 company; serve as an advisor to politicians; start a bank and a housing development company; and, was a key figure in advancing equal opportunity and first-class citizenship for all ...
Robinson joined the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers top farm team, in 1946 and led the International League with a .349 average and 40 stolen bases. He earned a promotion to the Dodgers and made his National League debut on April 15, 1947, as Brooklyn's first baseman. “It was the most eagerly anticipated debut in the annals of the National ...
When Jackie Robinson took his position at first base at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, American history changed forever. Becoming the first African-American in Major League Baseball in the 20th century, Robinson faced harsh criticism from fans, other players, and even his own teammates. As the season waned, however, the criticism diminished ...
18 de may. de 2018 · Robinson, Jackie ( Jack Roosevelt) (1919–72) US baseball player, the first African-American player in the major leagues. Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 after a year in the International League, he compiled a batting average of.311 before retiring in 1956. He helped the Dodgers to six World Series.
11 de sept. de 2020 · In 1970 he launched the Jackie Robinson Construction Company to build low and moderate-income housing for minorities. In October 1972, during a ceremony to throw out the first pitch before a World ...
