- Jackie Robinson Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life Achievements
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Read about his childhood, achievements, life and timeline in this biography
- What Was Jackie RobinsonS Early Childhood - storychanges. com
Jackie Robinson, born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, was the youngest of five children, born to sharecroppers and former slaves He grew up in Pasadena, California, with his mother Mallie
- Childhood - Jackie Robinson
Born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was the youngest of Jerry and Mallie Robinson's five children When Jackie was just a young infant, his father abandoned the
- Timeline: Key moments, milestones in Jackie Robinson’s life
Jackie Robinson's anniversary also spotlights decline in black players September 1939: Robinson enrolls at UCLA and becomes the school’s first athlete to compete in four sports (baseball
- Early Life and Education of Jackie Robinson: A Complete Timeline
How education and upbringing influenced the life of Jackie Robinson A timeline of key moments Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947, when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers His signing ended racial segregation in professional baseball, which had excluded Black players since the 1880s
- How Did Jackie Robinson Make History? - ThoughtCo
Early Life Jackie Robinson was the fifth child born to parents Jerry Robinson and Mallie McGriff Robinson in Cairo, Georgia His great grandparents had worked as enslaved people on the same property that Jackie's parents, both sharecroppers, farmed In 1920, Jerry left the family and never returned
- JACKIE ROBINSONS EARLY LIFE - UMass Amherst
JACKIE ROBINSON'S EARLY LIFE Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia, in 1919 to a sharecropping family He moved to Pasadena, California, with his mother Mallie in 1920, excelled in five sports at Muir High School, and played baseball, basketball, and football at UCLA
- Jackie Robinson - Jackie Robinson Foundation
Jackie and Rachel Robinson host a jazz concert at their home in Stamford to raise bail money for jailed civil rights activists It is the first of an annual event that continues until 2001
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