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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia.
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Mack Robinon wins an Olympic medal in the 200 meter dash.
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Jackie trysout for the Chicago White Sox baseball team.
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Jackie meets with the Branch Rickey of the Dodgers and agrees to join the Dodger Organization.
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Jackie's second son David Robinson was born.
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Jackie joins Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others in a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Jackie's number 42 is retired in a ceremony at Dodger Stadium.
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