Jackie Robinson and his Life

Born January 31, 1919 in Costco, GA, Jackie Roosevelt Robinson became the first African American to ever play in Major League Baseball. Jackie Robinson was one of the most significant major league baseball player throughout history (along with Babe Ruth). Jackie broke the colour barrier and played his first MLB game on April 15, 1947, with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie had an batting average of .311 which is impressive in the baseball world. Jackie married a young nurse-in-training on February 10, 1947. Jackie and his wife began facing an increasing amount of racist insults to death threats during his Majors career. The couple joined the Civil Rights Movement and became a lot more active in it later. Jackie was raised by a single mother and they didn't have a lot of money. He went to Muir High school and Pasadena junior college, and was an amazing athlete there and was in many sports including basketball, track, football, and baseball. After, we went to the University of California and received four varsity letters for four sports. Unfortunately he was forced to leave because of financial issues. World war II started, intervening with his career. Jackie joined the army and served as second lieutenant for two years, although he never experienced war. He was later discharged from the army for refusing to give up his seat on a segregated bus not unlike Rosa Parks. Jackie then started playing in the Negro Leagues, but the Brooklyn Dodgers chose him to join them. Jackie suffered many racial insults and threats while on the farm team(kind of a branch of the Dodgers). He was later promoted and played his first game for the Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and made history as the first black Major league player in America. Many hated the idea of Jackie playing and jeered him and yelled insults, and opposing teams threatened not to play against them along with some of his own teammates. The Dodgers manager defended Jackie and told them he would rather trade them than Jackie. Jacke later proved everyone wrong by showing his playing skills and helped the dodgers win the National League pennant. He was then chosen as the Rookie of the year. A while later he won the MVP award during the 1949 season.

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