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Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia.
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Jackie attended Pasadena college where he played four sports: Football, basketball, baseball, and track. He was named the regions most valuable player in 1938.
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Jackie won the National Collegiate Ayhletic Association Broad Jump Title.
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Jackie Played professional football for the Honolulu Bears.(semi professional team)
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Robinson joined the army during World War II as a second lieutenant.
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Was arrested for refusing to give up his seat and move to the back of the segregated bus.
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Jackie played his first game for the Dodgers becoming the first black player to compete in the major leagues.
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jackie was named Rookie of the Year.
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Jackie was named National League MVP in 1949.
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Jackie became a vocal supporter of Martin Luther KIng Jr and the National Association for the Advancement of colored people.
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In 1952, Jackie publicly called out the Yankees as a racist organization for not having broken the color barrier 5 years after he began playing baseball with the dodgers.
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Jackie Robinsons helps the Dodgers finally win the World Series. He then helped the team win one more Nationl league pennant the following season.
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Jackie shortly retires after the trade to the New York Giants with an impressive batting average of .311.
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In 1962, Robinson was the first African American to be inducted into the baseball Hall Of Fame.
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On October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson dies of heart problems and diabetes complications in Stamford, Connecticut.
