Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson

• Amber Michelle

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Birth, Death, and Team

• Born January 31, 1919 Cairo, Georgia
• Death October 24, 1972 Stamford, Connecticut
  (Heart Attack)
• Baseball team Brooklyn Dodgers

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Jackies Family

• Mallie Robinson (his mother) had four children.
• His family was the only
• Black people on their block.
• His dad (Jerry Robinson) died when Jackie was
  very young.

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Jackie Married

• Married Rachel Isum
• They named their children Jackie Jr., David, and
  Sharon
• Rachel was a nursing student Jackie met at UCLA
  in 1946

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Baseball and Other Sports

• Jackie was the first African-American to play in
  baseballs major leagues
• His shirt number was 42.
• Nobody could wear a shirt number 42 after him.

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Other Facts

• Jackie was born at the same time as Amber Asia
  Spakes great grandmother
• Jackie did the shot heard round the world which
  was when Jackie hit himself unconscious, but
  still hit the ball
• His family was very poor
• He entered the army for World War Two in 1942

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Pictures
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• The
• End!