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Jackie Robinson = = = = =**Introduction**= Jackie Robinson was born on January 31,1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He retired from baseball on January 5, 1957. He had a a batting average of 331 hits. Jackie Robinson was significant to african american history because he was the first person to be in the major league baseball. = EARLY YEARS = Jackie was born with the name Jack Roosevelt Robinson. He was the youngest of 5 children and raised by a single mother named Mallie. Jackie had three brothers and one sister his oldest brother's name was Edgar, after Edgar was Franck and then Mack. His sisters named was Willa Mae. His father named Jerry Robinson left Jackie's family after six months Jackie was born and left with another woman. After his father left, his mother decided to take his family away from their father. She decided to move to California where they would live with their mothers brother. Before they arrived to California his mother made arrangements to save money so that they can find another living condition because she knew her brother house would get crowded so she took a job washing and ironing clothes. Her job didn't make enough money so she went to welfare for help. Welfare added salary which was enough to barely keep them alive. At times his family didn't have enough money to eat so his mom would bring home scraps from her job. His mom worked early in the morning and came out late. When she was home she usually was tired but she managed to still take care of them. One time this girl went up to Jackie and called him "nigger, nigger, nigger". Jackie had answered by calling her "cracker". She went to go tell her father and him and Jackie had a stone throwing fight. After that all the white people in the neighborhood signed a petition to get kick Jackie"s family out. Jackie's mother did not let anyone kick them out.

= ADULT YEARS = Jackie went to John Muir High and Pasadena Junior Collage(PJC). At PJC Jackie played four sports: basketball, track, football, and baseball. Jackie continued school at the University of California, Los Angeles. There he was the first student to win four varsity letters for: baseball, football, basketball,and track. Jackie's brother Mack inspired him to perfect his talent because his brother won a silver medal in a 2000 meter dash in the 1936 Olympics. He barley made graduation but he had to leave because he didn't have money. Jackie moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. He played semi-professional football for the Honolulu Bears. His season with the Bears was cut short because of World War II. From 1942 to 1944 as a second lieutenant in the US Army. Jackie was arrested and court-martialed during boot camp after he refused to move to the back of a segregated bus training. He was later forgiven of the charges and received an honorable discharge.

After the discharge he later began playing professional baseball. At the time sports were segregated so he played in Negro Leagues. The same year the Dodgers vice president Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson which was in October 1965. Jackie Robinson was a great athlete but Rickey didnt just sign him because he also had a good personalitie. Jackie joined an all white team which was named Montreal Royals a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He moved to Flordia Florida in 1946 to begin spring training with the Royals. He played his first game in the same year. Fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers and fans of the opponent team would boo him and treat him. Rickey made jackie promise that he would hold his temper back and he did. Jackie was doing a great job and is a good help for leading the Royals to the top of the International League with a .349 batting average and a .985 feilding average. Jackie got promoted to the Dodgers. His debut game on April15, 1947 he was marked the first African-American athlete in the major leagues. Jackie retired from baseball on January 5, 1957 when they change to the New York Gaints.

= IMPRESSIONS = Jackies accomplishment was a big part of our world, by breaking the color barrier. I admired Jackie because he controlled his temper from the fans.I also admired him because of braking the color barrier, so now we can play baseball with all people. Jackie also accomplished to protect his familoy family from others. Need a stronger conclusion. = = = CONCLUSION =

= BIBLIOGRAPHY = = = http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-robinson-9460813 http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/robinson/life.htm http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/jackierobinson/
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