So how did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier….he stood his ground. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. His mother name was Mallie Robinson, Jackie had three brothers and one sister, Mack, Frank, Edgar, and his sister Willa. When Jackie was six months old his father left. His mom Mallie moved him and his brothers and sister into an all white neighborhood in California. His mother would not let the white people run them off. Jackie went to middle school at Washington Middle School. He went to high school at John Muir High School. Jackie played football when he went to college at UCLA. After college Jackie played with the Honolulu football, team but that was cut short by a entry into ww2 . When he
