JACKIE ROBINSON WAS BORN

HIS PARENTS WERE DIVORCED SO HE WAS RAISED BY HIS MOTHER AND HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN

ENTERED THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UCLA) LETTERING IN FOUR SPORTS

PLAYED PROFOOTBALL FOR THE HONOLULU BEARS

DRaFTED INTO THE ARMY

THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BEGIN WHITE BASEBALL CAREER

BEGAN PLAYING BASEBALL FOR THE DODGERS

NAMED MOST VALUED PLAYER IN BASEBALL

HE BECAME A SUPPORTER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING

TRADED TO THE NEW YORK gaints but retired

HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE PUT IN THE HALL OF FAME FOR HIS COURAGE

HE WAS 53 WHEN HE DIED FROM A Heart ATTACK

BY: CHRISTINA BORBON