The Life of Jackie Robinson
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Discipline:
Social Studies Subject:
African-American History
Grade:
2


The Life of Jackie Robinson
EQ1) Who was Jackie Robinson?EQ2) How did Jackie Robinson make a change in the world?EQ3) How were Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. alike and different?
Time Line
1919
Jackie Robinson born in Cairo, Georgia
-Lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and track.
Describe what you think it would feel like to have been Jackie Robinson on April 15, 1947, when he walked out onto the field for the first time.
- Born January 31, 1919- Full Name: Jack Roosevelt Robinson- Youngest of 5 children
1940
Robinson lettered in 4 sports at UCLA before serving in the Army during WWII.
1947
Jackie Robinson made his first Major League Start with the Dodgers.
1955
1972
Robinson helped the Dodgers win a World Series and moves from baseball to business.
Jackie Robinson died of heart complications in Stanford, Connecticut
Jackie Robinson's "Last Words"
“Life is not a spectatorsport… if you’re goingto spend your whole lifein the grandstand justwatching what goes on,in my opinion you’rewasting your life.”Jackie Robinson
1945) Began in the Negro Leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs.1946) Signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and played on their farm team for one year1947) Became the first black player in the Major League Baseball on the Brooklyn Dodgers
*After being honorably discharged from the Army for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus, Jackie Robinson caught the eye of Dodger's manager, Branch Rickey, while playing in the Negro League.
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