Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in a small town of Cairo, Georgia, to a family of sharecroppers. Jackie’s mother, Mallie Robinson, single handedly raised him and his four siblings. They later moved to Pasadena, California, where they encountered much racial discrimination. They were the only black family living on the block at that time so Jackie did not have a very pleasant childhood. He had no friends and never went out into the neighborhood. He grew up excelling in many different sports though, such as: football, basketball, baseball, and track. He went to high school at John Muir Technical High and played all four sports there. He then went on to college at University of California at Los Angeles or better known as
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After college, he became a professional football player for the Los Angeles Bulldogs. Not long after that, Jackie was court-marshaled for speaking out on racial discrimination. 311, but his most important feat was breaking the color barrier in the Major Leagues of Baseball. In 1941 he made the All-American football team. Also in that year he won the batting title with an average of . They lived the city of Stamford, Connecticut. Jackie never thought that the man, Branch Rickey, would choose him. He finished his career with a total of 197 stolen bases, 740 walks, 290 strikeouts, a batting average of . By the end of his first season with the dodgers he had married his love, Rachel Isum, had gotten 12 homeruns, 29 steals, and a . He also got the Rookie of the Year Award, given to the rookie with the best statistics. We will never forget the name that is associated with the greatest African-American baseball players ever such as Hank Aaron and Jesse Jackson, JACKIE ROBINSON!
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. In December of 1956, Jackie was given the Springarn Medal, a medal that is awarded to an African-American for the highest achievement. At UCLA he was the first athlete to be on four varsity teams.
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