Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in the major leagues, signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Robinson was the most talented baseball player on the field, and he helped his team to the championship. Robinson made a difference in the community by showing that blacks and whites can play the most popular sport together. That was a problem that Robinson was on the field, but his teammates eventually treated him like he was somebody because of how the opposite team and crowd would act toward him. The courage he had to handle the segregated but equal helped with the civil rights movement.
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Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919, in a cotton plantation in Cairo, Georgia. He is the youngest of five children in single
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Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919, in a cotton plantation in Cairo, Georgia. He is the youngest of five children in single