Who Is Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson

 

Jackie Robinson is not only my all-time favorite Dodger but a hero to me as well. What he had to endure during his lifetime not only as a baseball player but as a human being is an inspiration to me. I created this page to honor his memory and spread the word so that e never forget about what he accomplished.

Jackie Robinson at a Glance 

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 ? October 24, 1972) was a baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947.Rothe, p544 Although not the first African American professional baseball player in United States history, Robinson's Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately sixty years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line, or color barrier. In the United States at this time, many white people believed that blacks and whites should be segregated or kep...

FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP on Amazon 

NEW Jackie Robinson Book Published

First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson

The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson edited by professor and scholar Michael G. Long has just been published by Times Books. For those who only know about Jackie Robinson's accomplishments on the baseball field, this work reveals a less heralded, but no less significant contribution to Civil Rights as Robinson used his position of prominence after leaving baseball to challenge the status quo and push the biggest leaders of his era to stand up for justice and equality for all people.

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Lots of reasons to love Jackie Robinson 

* According to a poll conducted by Jimmie Fidler in 1947, Robinson was the second most popular man in the country, behind Bing Crosby. [28]
* In March 1984, President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

* In 1987, Major League Baseball renamed the Rookie of the Year Award the Jackie Robinson Award in his honor.

* On April 15, 1997, Jackie Robinson's #42 was retired by Major League Baseball, meaning that no future player on any major league team could wear it. Players wearing #42 at the time, some of whom said they did so as a tribute to Robinson, were allowed to continue wearing it, thereby grandfathering the number's retirement. The only player currently wearing the number is New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.

* In 1999, he was named by Time Magazine on its list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.[29]

* In 2000, he ranked number 44 on The Sporting News's list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

* On October 29, 2003, the United States Congress posthumously awarded Robinson the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award the Congress can bestow. Robinson's widow accepted the award in a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on March 2, 2005.

* At the November 2006 groundbreaking for a new New York Mets ballpark, Citi Field, scheduled to open in 2009, it was announced that the main entrance, modeled on the one in Brooklyn's old Ebbets Field, will be called the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Additionally, Mets owner Fred Wilpon said that the Mets and Citigroup would work with the Jackie Robinson Foundation to create a Jackie Robinson Museum and Learning Center in lower Manhattan, as well as fund scholarships for "young people who live by and embody Jackie's ideals."[30]

* On August 20, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver announced that Jackie Robinson will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame this December 5, 2007 located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts in Sacramento.

Jackie Robinson Quote 

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

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Jackie Robinson Quote 

"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free."

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Great Books on Amazon 

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

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I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

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The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball (Dell Yearling Biography)

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Jackie Robinson: A Biography

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Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds

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New Link List 

Official Web site of Jackie Robinson
The Official Site
Los Angeles Dodgers
The official site of the Dodgers
The Jackie Robinson Foundation
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