JACKIE ROBINSON

I connect with him because I also play a lot of sports like softball and basketball.

POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES

• Jackie changed sports history by being the first African American to play baseball.
• As a teenager, Jackie was really shy and uneasy around people he didn’t know.

HOW HE AFFECTED HISTORY

• Jackie changed history by opening up the world of sports to black men.
• He also helped with the war by fighting for the U.S. army

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• Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia.
• Jackie was the youngest of 5 children.
• He played many sports through high school and college. Which he excelled at.