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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia, the fifth, and last child of Mallie and Jerry Robinson.
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The time period he was alive
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Brother Mack Robinson wins an Olympic Silver second only to the great Jesse Owens in the 200 meter dash.
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Robinson participates in the JC Track Championships in Pomona, CA where he seta a national junior-college AAU record in the broad jump. Subsequently, he races to Glendale and arrives at midgame to help Pasadena Junior College win the Championship in baseball by getting two hits and a stolen base.
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At UCLA, Jackie Robison became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team.
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Jackie is inducted into the U.S. Army.
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After UCLA, Jackie was hired to play semi-pro football with the Honolulu Bears. Their first exhibition game was in Pearl Harbor. Jackie left Honolulu on December 5, 1941, just two days before the Japanese attacked. He was actually on the ship Lurline on his way home when Congress formally declared war.
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has a tryout with the Chicago White Sox.
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He went to multiple places for his talent hunt even beyond the borders like... Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and other countries where dark-skinned people lived.1943
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Jackie earns a promotion to 2nd Lieutenant in the Army.
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In Comiskey Park Jackie Robison was approched by the talent scout Clyde Sukeforth, the Doger Scout.
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Named the National League's Most Valuable Player
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He became a vocal supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Jackie Robinson he was traded to the New York Giants, but decides to retire from major league baseball
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Robinson inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
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Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack at the age of 53 in Stamford, Connecticut
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In 1997, the world celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Jackie's breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier.
