Baseball

Integration of Major League Baseball

 (Jackie Robinson)

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919-October 25, 1972) became the first African American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not the first African American professional baseball player in United States history, his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line, or color barrier. In the United States at this time, many white people believed that blacks and whites should be segregated or kept apart in many phases of life, including sports and daily life. - Wikipedia

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The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Robinson in 1962 and he was a member of six World Series teams. He earned six consecutive All-Star Games nominations and won several awards during his career. In 1947, Robinson won The Sporting News rookie of the year awardand the first Rookie of the Year. Two years later, he was awarded the National League MVP award.

Civil rights Influences:

In addition to his accomplishments on the field, Jackie Robinson was also a forerunner of the Civil Rights Movement In the 1960s, he was a key figure in the establishment and growth of the Freedom National Bank, an African-American owned and controlled entity based in Harlem, New York. He also wrote a syndicated newspaper column for a number of years, in which he was an outspoken supporter of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.





(Rembering Jackie)

Members of the St. Louis Cardinals, all wearing No. 42, line up for the national anthem before their baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, April 15, 2007 in St. Louis. All players and coaches on both teams are wearing Jackie Robinson's number in honor of the 60th anniversary of his breaking baseball's color barrier in the major leagues.

Jackie Robinson is now honored annually on April 15

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