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Date and place of birth; January 31, 1919 Cairo, Georgia, U.S.—died October 24, 1972, Stamford, Connecticut) the first Black baseball player to play in the ...

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Early Life (Family);Jerry and Mallie Robinson, were sharecroppers. In 1920, his father abandoned the family. After her husband left, Mallie Robinson moved to Pasadena, California, with her five children.

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Cleveland Elementary School, Washington Middle School, John Muir High School, Pasadena City College and UCLA, Pasadena Junior College and the University of California in Los Angeles,

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his poverty, racial identity in a segregated nation, and the hatred that he witnessed in the world of sports because of the color of his skin

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e broke the color barrier in baseball, becoming the first African-American player in the 20th century to take the field in the American or National league.

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courage, teamwork, determination, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment, and excellence. He was the first African American to win batting title, to win Most Valuable Player, and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives “I am extremely proud and pleased to be here this afternoon,” Robinson said before the start of Game 2 of the 1972 World Series and nine days before he died, “but must admit, I am going to be tremendously more pleased and more proud when I look at the third-base coaching line one day and see a black face managing in .

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racial integration in every facet of American society would enrich the nation 💙There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free