JACKIE ROBINSON

"I had to fight hard against loneliness abuse and the knowledge that any mistake I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there. Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared as much about acceptance as I cared about respect." Jackie Robinson

BACKROUND

• Born in 1919 in Cairo Georgia.
• He was the youngest of 5.
• Moved to California when he was three.
• He did not grow up poor.

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• His hero growing up was his older brother.
• He attended UCLA.
• He played many sports in college.
• Was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

IMPACT ON HIS TIME PERIOD

• He was the first colored man to play baseball professionally.
• All major sports where integrated by 1960.
• He helped desegregate America.
• He became a leader for equality.

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• He worked with Matin Luther King Jr.
• He helped build houses in getto areas of New York

LASTING LEGACY

• The Jackie Robinson Foundation helps under privileged youth.
• African Americans have more rights then they did before.

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• All sports remain to be integrated to this day.
• His number 42 is forever retired from baseball.

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