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Jackie Robinson As A Turning Point

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The person that I chose as a turning point is Jackie Robinson. The things I’m going to talk about are when Jackie Robinson is, serving in the ww2, breaking the color line, also life after breaking the color line. First, Jackie Robinson served as a second lieutenant in world war 2(. He was attending UCLA when he was drafted into the united states army. While training for the us army he met joe louis a former heavyweight boxing weight champion, they them became friends and were stationed in fort Riley, Kansas. After their ocs (officer candidate school) Robinson was transferred to Fort Hood, Texas, where he joined the 761st “black panthers” tank battalion. During his time at Fort Hood, he visited Sam Huston College in Austin, Texas.

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