A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Life

• Born January 31,1919 in Cairo, Georgia. (Biography 3)
• Went to UCLA, set many records in athletics
• 1942 Jackie was inducted into the U.S Army
• 1945 Joins the Negro Baseball League. (Kansas City Monarchs)
• 1945 Signs contract with Brooklyn Dodger
• Feb.10,1945 He and Rachel Isum are married in Los Angeles

Life (continued)

• 1946 Jackie plays his first professional baseball game for the Montreal Royals at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City.
• 1950 Jackie stars in his film biography The Jackie Robinson Story.
• 1957 Jackie retires from baseball , becomes VP of a restaurant and food chain.
• 1958 Jackie Robinson acts as a spokesman and fundraiser for the NAACP.
• 1962 He is inducted into the Hall of Fame

Facts

• He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.
• He was the first African American to be inducted in the Major League Hall of Fame.
• He died October 23,1971.
• His number #42 was retired from every baseball team (Biography 16)

Family
Jackie Robinson, David(son), Sharon(daughter), Jackie J.r(son)
Rachel Robinson(Wife)

Works Cited

• Editors, Biography.com. "Jackie Robinson Bibliography." Bio.com. A&E Networks, 22 Aug. 2016. Web. 12 Oct. 2016. http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-robinson-9460813
• History.com Staff. "Jackie Robinson." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 13 Oct. 2016.
• The Jackie Robinson Story. Dir. Alfred E. Green. Hearst, 1983. Online.

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• "Jackie Robinson." Baseball Hall of Fame. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2016. http://baseballhall.org/hof/robinson-jackie
• Google Images (Key Words: Jackie Robinson, 42, Robinson Family, Hall of Fame)
• Robinson, Jackie, and Alfred Duckett. I Never Had It Made. New York: Putnam, 1972. Print.
• Haiku Deck Images