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Jack Robinson

Updated: Oct 3





Jack Roosevelt Robinson (1919 – 1972), became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, breaking the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. During his 10-year MLB career, Robinson won the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949. Robinson went to Muir High School, Pasadena City College, and UCLA. He influenced the culture of and contributed significantly to the civil rights movement. Robinson was the first black television analyst in MLB and helped establish the Freedom National Bank, an African-American-owned financial institution based in Harlem, New York. After his death in 1972, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his achievements on and off the field.

 

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