Jackie Robinson: First African American Baseball Player

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By 1959, Jackie finished baseball. He was a great ball player as well as a gentleman. Also in 1959, Red Sox took soon-to-be hall of famer Willie Mays. They said Mays "couldn't hit a curveball". The great Mays would total 3,283 hits and 660 home runs in his major league career...
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The great Mays would total 3,283 hits and 660 home runs in his major league career. Not bad for a guy who "couldn't hit a curve ball." The first Congressional Gold Medal was given to George Washington. Now one belongs to Jackie Robinson. One of these men was the father of our country, the other an athlete who tore down signs that read, "Whites only...
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Jackie Robinson Jackie fought racism in his California childhood, at collage and throughout his whole life. During his childhood at California he was always picked on at school...	4 / 919
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Jackie Robinson Biography May 16, 2007 The Black Messiah of Baseball Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children...	3 / 670
Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was born to a sharecropper's cabin on January 31, 1919. He was the fifth and last surviving child. The Robinson's worked for the Sasser family in exchange for their cabin and a few provisions...	3 / 725
Jackie Robinson 3 It’s April 15, 1947 opening day at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. Many people have turned out to see one man, the first black person to ever play in major league baseball...	5 / 1167