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18 de oct. de 2020 · While serving in the military, Jackie Robinson was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus. In 1947, he made history when his debut wit...
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Early Life. Born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was the youngest of Jerry and Mallie Robinson's five children. When Jackie was just a young infant, his father abandoned the family and left Mallie to raise the children alone. Having no other choice, Mallie moved the family to Pasadena, to live with her brother.
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 ...
15 de abr. de 2022 · Jackie Robinson’s (1919–1972) entrance into Major League Baseball (MLB) was monumental. Sam Lacy, a sports reporter for the Chicago Defender wrote that by himself, Robinson “represents a weapon far more potent than the combined forces of all our liberal legislation.”. The implication of Lacy’s claim is that Jackie Robinson had the ...
19 de oct. de 2010 · Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack on October 24, 1972 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 53. On March 26, 1984, Robinson was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, by President Ronald Reagan. In 1996 the U.S. Congress and President Clinton authorized a coin to commemorate the fiftieth ...
20 de jul. de 2020 · Jackie Robinson, 1952. Carl T. Gossett Jr./. The New York Times. It was Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1947 — Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers — and Jack ...
19 de mar. de 2023 · A little history about Jackie Robinson. Born in 1919, the highly-rated baseball star was initially named Jack Roosevelt Robinson. He was one of the children of Jerry Robinson (father) and Mallie McGriff (mother). He was privileged to share his childhood years with his four siblings named Willa Mae, Mack, Edgar, and Frank Robinson.
