A Brief Biography of Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia and was the youngest of five children. He had a grandfather that was a slave, Jackie’s dad was a sharecropper and Mallie, Jackie’s mother, was a maid. His dad ran away from the family when Jackie was only an infant.

Jackie was a modern day hero, he went through all the 12 steps. Mainly, he was heavily doubted but he surpassed all the expectations. Jackie destroyed all the test put in front of him and broke the racial barrier. Jackie open up the international league to all races. Baseball wouldn't be baseball without Jackie

“Near six o’clock on the evening of January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born somewhere near the town of Cairo in Grandy County in southern Georgia” (Rampersad 10). Jackie’s parents, Jerry and Mallie Robinson, first lived together on a small plantation just south of Cairo. Mallie Robinson raised her five children single handedly, and they later moved to Pasadena, California, which was not the most racially friendly environment due to the Robinsons being the only black family on the block. Not having a father in the home, he looked up to his older brothers and saw them as his future, they are the ones who introduced him into the sports

Born on January 31, 1919 Jack Roosevelt Robinson was the youngest of five children. His father left the family before Jackie turned one and shortly after his mom moved the family from Georgia to California in search of work (Contemporary Black Biography). Segregation was still present in California, but was less harsh than in the south. To get away from the problems and racial prejudice, Jackie turned to sports. He was an exceptional athlete excelling in football, baseball, basketball, and track in both high school and college. He played four sports for the University of California Los Angeles (commonly known as UCLA). He was mostly a football and basketball star and had no intentions of playing Major League baseball due to the fact that it was all white. Jackie had always wanted to become a social worker to help underprivileged boys and hoped that travelling the nation for sports would expose him to a job in that field

The legacy of Jackie Robinson goes beyond the April 15, 1947 afternoon at Ebbets Field, when the Brooklyn Dodger infielder became the first black in the 20th century to play baseball in the major leagues. He changed the sport, and he changed the attitude of a lot of people in this country, Jackie Robinson fought for all the people that were fortunate, a lot of them are, especially the minority guys, to be able to play in the major leagues and the impact on the people of color today.

“Jackie Robinson was born on the thirty first day of January in 1919”. (biography.com) He was born to a family of sharecroppers in the town of Cairo Georgia, but Jackie grew up in Pasadena California. (Jackie Robinson official website) Jackie grew up being raised by only his mother and his older siblings helped out as well. He had four siblings, three older brothers and one sister. (Britannica encyclopedia) Jackie was the youngest of five kids and they all helped out each other in school, sports, and chores. The Robinson family was the only African American family on their block, but the bias acts of the white people surrounding them didn’t hurt them, but prepared them for their future. (Jackie Robinson official website) Jackie’s older brother Matthew gave him his inspiration to take on sports just as he did. He has always had a huge love for sports in his childhood years. (Jackie Robinson book pg: 4)

Jackie was very determined in doing as well as he could in his schoolwork. He attended John Muir High School, a four year comprehensive secondary school in Pasadena, California. Then he went to Pasadena Junior College, a community college located in Pasadena California. Jackie continued his education at the University of California (UCLA), a well known college for its academics and athletics in the city of Los Angeles, California. He was forced to leave UCLA just short of graduation due to financial issues despite all of his athletic accomplishments. Jackie tried hard in school, got good grades, and excelled in athletics but times were tough for him and sadly he had to leave UCLA.

(Biography)(Wikipedia) Jackie Robinson was born in 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. He is the youngest of five children. Jackie was raised in poverty by a single mother. Jackie went through

Jackie Robinson has changed history in many ways. To start, some people may not know the whole back story on Jackie, but he changed lives in various ways,shapes, and forms. Next, he did a lot more than just change baseball. Jackie did many great things in his lifetime. He changed baseball history forever, took a stand for what he believed in, and he strived toward his dreams.

Jackie Robinson: athlete, social activist, hero. These are just some of the words people use to describe Jackie. Robinson was the first person to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, at the time officially designated a white man’s sport. The blacks and whites played in separate leagues but Branch Rickey, vice president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, wanted to integrate Major League Baseball. At this time in the 1940s the Unites States was still segregated and the Jim Crow Laws still reigned heavily in the south. Integration didn’t start until 1948 when Truman signed Executive Order 9981 which integrated the military. This didn’t occur until after Robinson took the field as the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919. Jackie was the youngest of five children, he was raised in relative poverty by a single mother. Jackie’s family was the only black family on their block and

The grandson of a slave, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia; he was the youngest of five children. Jackie grew up very poor, but little did he know that his athletic ability would open the doors for his future. After his father deserted the family when Jackie was six months old, his mother, Mallie Robinson, moved the family to California in search of work. California also subjected blacks to segregation at that time, but to less of a degree than in the Deep South. The young Jackie defused his anger over this prejudice by immersing himself in sports. He displayed extraordinary athletic skills in high school, excelling at football, basketball, baseball, and track. After helping Pasadena Junior College

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January,31,1919,and he died on October,24,1972.As a child all Robinson wanted to do was play sports especially baseball.Robinson lived in cairo georgia with his mother who also happen to be a sharecropper.Later he moved to Pasadena with his mom and brothers.Robinson started going to a high school in pasadena called Muir high school.Robinson is the youngest child of five of his brothers and sisters.In collage Robinson was named the most valuable player.Robinson was also the first student to win four varsity letters in multiple sports.Robinson was also a very bright student.Robinson wanted to quit sports all together because of discrimination that he was receiving from others.Then his older brother helped him out.”Jackie’s older brother Matthew Robinson,inspired Jackie

In 1941, despite his athletic success, Robinson was forced to leave the University of Los Angles California so close before his graduation because he could not offered it anymore. Jackie eventually moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, which is where he played football for the Honolulu Bears. Jackie’s great season with the Bears was ended once the United States went into World War II. From 1942 to 1944, Jackie served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Jackie never actually went into combat in World War II. While Jackie was in boot camp he was arrested and court-martialed after refusing to give up his seat and move to the back of a segregated bus when ordered to by the driver. Robinson's excellent reputation, combined with the united efforts of friends, the NAACP and various black newspapers, shed public light on the injustice, and Jackie was relieved of the charges and received an honorable discharge. Jackie was the first African American to play MLB which is what he is mainly known for. “But, before Jackie has it to the MLB Jackie’s debut in organized baseball is a legend (April 18, 1946, with the Montreal Royals of the International League, the Dodgers’ best farm

Jackie Robinson’s childhood had a direct impact on his professional career and also prepared him to face the challenges of racism. Shortly after Robinson was born in January 1919, his father, Jerry Robinson, left the family and was an absent figure in Jackie’s life. This left Jackie with