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10 de sept. de 2019 · The pioneering baseball player's daughter, Sharon Robinson, has written Child of the Dream, a chronicle of 1963 — a critical year for the Civil Rights movement, and also when she turned 13.
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14 de abr. de 2018 · A tradition since 2009, MLB will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day with all players and on-field personnel wearing Robinson's No. 42, with all proceeds from sales of the special gear going to the Jackie Robinson Foundation. No one knew Robinson better than his daughter, Sharon.
28 de ago. de 2020 · Robinson’s daughter, Sharon Robinson, said her dad would be happy with the progress made on that front. She lauded MLB and its clubs for advocating for progress. “I can’t say, overall, everyone’s going to jump on the bandwagon, but we have come a long way as an industry,” she said.
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- Began Nursing Career
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Robinson was born in New York City on January 13, 1950, the middle child and only daughter of Rachel (Isum) Robinson and Jack Roosevelt Robinson. Her mother held a nursing degree, but was a full-time homemaker while her husband played major league base-ball. At the time of Sharon’s birth, Jackie Robinson had been scheduled to go to Hollywood to fil...
During her junior year, Robinson became a nursing assistant at a local hospital. She received her interest in nursing from her grandmother, who thought that it was a good way to meet and marry a doctor. Robinson would often spend time with her grandmother knitting and watching The Doctors soap opera. Her grandmother also read doctor-nurse romance n...
Robinson’s book, Stealing Home: An Intimate Family Portrait by the Daughter of Jackie Robinson was published in 1996. It provided many intimate details about growing up with a famous father. The book illustrated that even though the Robinson’s lived the American Dream and that her father was greatly admired, the family also had its share of problem...
Books
Rampersad, Arnold, Jackie Robinson. A Biography, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Robinson, Jackie, as told to Alfred Duckett, I Never Had It Made, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1972. Robinson, Rachel, with Lee Daniels, Jackie Robinson. An Intimate Portrait, Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Robinson, Sharon, Stealing Home. An Intimate Family Portrait by the Daughter of Jackie Robinson, Harper Collins, 1996.
Periodicals
Christian Science Monitor, October 14, 1997, p. 15. Ebony, November 1987, p. 62; October 1998, p. 45. Jet, August 11, 1997, p. 48. The Sporting News, August 24, 1998, p. 10. —Sandy J. Stiefer
28 de ago. de 2020 · For his daughter, Sharon Robinson, this Jackie Robinson Day presented an opportunity to focus on his deep passion and extensive work as a civil rights activist.
29 de ene. de 2019 · Sharon Robinson, daughter of Jackie Robinson, speaks during the ceremony where the Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled a statue of her father at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 15, 2017, the 70th anniversary of his debut.
20 de ago. de 2019 · Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson, wants to talk about racial justice. Robinson turned 13 just a day after George Wallace made his famous proclamation for segregation ...
