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Jackie Robinson was a Civil Rights Activist. He accomplished many personal goals including becoming the first African American in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Robinson also published his autobiography, I never Had It Made, in 1972, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also helped move toward societal goals in his work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP), as he became a spokesman for the group, and worked with Martin Luther King Jr.

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Jim Crow Laws in the south made it harder for Robinson to play baseball. He could not stay in the same hotels that his teammates were staying in and he could not eat at the same restaurants with his teammates. The prejudice also encouraged fans to throw things at him and yell hateful phrases.

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Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Jackie Robinson.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 20 Oct. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Jackie-Robinson.
“Jackie Robinson.” Jackie Robinson | Society for American Baseball Research, sabr.org/bioproj/person/bb9e2490.

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Robinson's carrier playing for the Dodgers was a success. He was a base runner led the team through six league championship and one world series. His batting average was .311 by the end of his career in 1975 when he retired.

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The St. Louis Cardinals were not supportive of Robinson. They threatened to strike if he played. Commissioner Ford Frick quickly put a stop to the behavior by stating that any player who did would be suspended from baseball.

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Pee Wee Reese was the captain of the Dodgers when Jackie Robinson first started to play. They became friends for life when Reese put an arm around Robinson to show support after he was harassed by other players.

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Robinson drew the attention of Branch Rickey who was the president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He got his attention because of his family-oriented lifestyle and his integrity. He was signed on to the Dodger farm team in October 1945.

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In 1944 Robinson refused to follow orders. He protested discrimination by refusing to sit in the back of the military bus. For this he received charges from the Court-Martial. However the charges were dismissed.

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In his third year at UCLA he decided to take of his family. Robinson dropped out of college and joined the U.S. Army. There he was given second lieutenant, and received an honorable discharge.

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In college Robinson played football, basketball, and track in addition to the sport he is best know for; baseball. Later in life he continued to play football in Hawaii after returning home from the Military.

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He was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. Shortly after his family moved to Pasadena California where he attended Pasadena Junior College. There he became an all-around athlete. He also attended the University of California in Los Angeles.