Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was one of the best players that proffesional baseball has ever seen and greatly helped major league baseball accept African American players that otherwise would not have palyed. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia (Hill 1). Jackie's grandfather was a slave and his father a sharecropper (1). His mom and dad got a divorce when Jackie was just a baby (1). He, his mother and four siblings moved after his parents …showed first 75 words of 1544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1544 total…School A.College 1. Pasadena Junior College 2. UCLA B.School Sports 1. Baseball favorite 2. Excelled in four sports III. Baseball A.Semi Pros 1. Monarchs 2. Royals B. Pros 1. LA Dodgers 2. Retirement IV.Civil Rights A. Civil Movement 1. Martin Luther King 2. Birmingham, Alabama B. NAACP 1. On board of directors 2. Resigned V. Later Years A. Diseases 1. Diabetes 2. Heart Problems B.Deaths of loved ones 1. three friends assassinated 2. Family members -------------------------------------------------- Works Cited "Robinson, Jackie" Computer Software. Encarta. Microsoft Corporation, 1996. IBM