PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Birth
Jackie was born on January 31,1919 in Cairo,Georgia.
Childhood
Jackie was a humble, nice, very athletic kid who excelled at all sports. He was born into a poor family of sharecroppers and was raised by his mother who raised him and his four siblings by himself.
They were the only black family on their block and faced much discrimination.
School
Robinson attended the college UCLA in Los Angeles. Here he was the first student to letter in four sports, baseball, basketball, football, and track.
Adulthood
After college Jackie went into the army. He soon left with an honorable discharge. He then played one year of negro baseball until he was called up to play baseball by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Adulthood continued
Jackie was the first African American since 1884 to go in the National Baseball League. There he made many achievements, by getting rookie of the year, MVP, and was inducted into the hall of fame, but the most important achievement was how he broke the color barrier and helped pave the way for African American rights.
Famous quotes by Robinson
"A life is not important, except the impact it has on other lives."
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking of me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
"There is not an American in this country that is free, until everyone of us is free."
Quotes about Robinson
"He was a feirce, feirce competitor."
- Ralph Branca
"Jackie Robinson was perhaps Americas best athlete."
-Dave Anderson
"If it wasn't for Jackie I probably wouldn't have played basketball."
- Bill Russel
Facts about Robinson
Jackie Robinson wasn't the first African American baseball player he was just the one who broke the color barrier after blacks were banned from the game in 1884. The funny thing is that Moses Fleetwood, the first black baseball player played 42 games in the national baseball league until blacks were banned in 1884. When Jackie played he wore the number 42.
More facts
Robinson's number 42 is retired by all baseball teams.
Jackie was the first MLB player to have a postage stamp honor him
Death
Robinson died on October 24, 1972 at Stamford Connecticut. He died that morning of a heart attack.
Many people mourned that one of the best athletes America has ever seen had died but also remembered the good he did for African Americans and that without him, things might not have been what they are today
Works cited
Article: Dave,Anderson. "Jackie Rovinson, first black in major leagues dies." Web. 20 April 2015.
Website: Jackie Robinson the Official Website, Biography.
Web. 20 April 2015
