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By:Quentin Green
 First
African-American to play major league
baseball
 Before he played professional baseball he
was in the United States Army
 He made advancements in the cause of Civil
Rights for black athletes
 In 1949 Robinson won the league MVP award,
and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of
Fame in 1962
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31,
1919, in Cairo, Georgia
 The youngest of five children, Robinson was
raised in relative poverty by a single mother.
 He attended John Muir High School and Pasadena
Junior College, where he was an excellent
athlete and played sports
 continued his education at the University of
California, Los Angeles(UCLA)
 In 1941, despite his athletic success, Robinson
was forced to leave UCLA just shy of graduation
due to financial hardship
 His season with the Bears was cut short when the
United States entered into World War II.

 From
1942 to 1944, Robinson served as a
second lieutenant in the United States Army.
He never saw combat, however; Robinson
was arrested and court-martialed during boot
camp after he refused to move to the back
of a segregated bus during training. He was
later acquitted of the charges and received
an honorable discharge.
 After his discharge from the Army in 1944,
Robinson began to play baseball
professionally
He began playing in the Negro Leagues.Chosen
by Branch Rickey,president of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, to help integrate major league baseball
 Joined the all-white Montreal Royals, a farm
team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1946
 Later moved to Florida to begin spring training
with the Royals, and played his first game in
Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April
15, 1947.
 Throughout his decade-long career with the
Brooklyn Dodgers, he made advancements in the
cause of civil rights for black athletes. In 1955,
he helped the Dodgers win the World Series. He
retired in 1957, with a career batting average of
.311.

After baseball, Robinson became active in
business and continued his work as an activist for
social change.
 Worked as an executive for the Chock Full O'
Nuts coffee company and restaurant chain and
helped establish the Freedom National Bank.
 He served on the board of the NAACP until 1967
and was the first African-American to be
inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
In 1972, the Dodgers retired his uniform number
of 42.
 In his later years, Robinson continued to lobby
for greater integration in sports.

 He
died from heart problems and diabetes
complications on October 24, 1972, in
Stamford, Connecticut
 He was survived by his wife, Rachel Isum,
and their three children.
 After his death, his wife established the
Jackie Robinson Foundation dedicated to
honoring his life and work. The foundation
helps young people in need by providing
scholarships and mentoring programs.
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