Jackie Roosevelt Robinson

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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson

• Tommy Hargis

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Background

• January 31, 1919
• Cairo, Georgia

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Family

• Mallie and Jerry
• Fifth and last child
• Edgar, Frank, Mack
• Willa Mae
• Jerry left family when
• Jackie was 6 months old

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Pasadena

• Family moved here in 1920
• Lived in white neighborhood
• Attended John Muir Technical High School

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College

• Attended Pasadena JC in 1938
• Enrolled in UCLA in 1939
• Lettered in 4 sports

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Military Career

• Drafted in 1941
• Wanted to serve his country
• Received 2nd lieutenants
• bar in 1943
• Impending trial left him
• in America

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Rachel Isum

• Met her at UCLA
• Became engaged
• but was broke off
• They were worked it
• out and got married
• February 10, 1946

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Negro League

• Tried out for Red Sox
• Played for K.C. in 1945
• Meals were bad and
• hard to come by

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Branch Rickey

• President of Dodger Organization
• Wanted to bring Negro players
• onto his team
• Met on August 28, 1945
• Agreed to contract to
• play for AAA Montreal

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First Year

• Began March 1946
• Roomed with
• Johnny Wright
• Practice was moved
• after two days
• Lead team to
• championship

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Breaking the Barrier

• Called up April 9, 1947
• First career game on April 15, 1947

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Overcoming Adversities

• Racial insults, snubs, and name-calling
• Viciously pitched balls
• Off-the-field threats to hurt family

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Career

• Rookie of the Year in 1947
• 1949 was named NL MVP
• Won only World Series in 1955

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Children

• Jackie, Jr.
• Sharon
• David
• Family moved to Stamford, CT in 1952

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Beginning of a New Career

• Retired in January 1957
• Employed at Chock
• Full ONuts
• Special assistant
• to Rockefeller
• Set up Freedom National Bank

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Personal Tragedy

• Branch Rickey died
• His mother died
• Jackie, Jr. arrested for
• drugs and later killed
• in car accident

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Final Days

• Elected into Hall of Fame
• Number 42 retired
• Diabetes and heart disease
• October 24, 1972 died of heart attack