Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
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1919: Born January 31 in Cario, Georgia
1942: Jackie had a tryout for the Chicago White Sox, also that year he was convinced to go in the Army.
1945: He was accepted to play in the Negro Baseball League and played for the Kansas City Monarchs
1945: He met a great pitcher Satchel Paige and goes on to play on the American All Stars Team.
1945: Jackie met Branch Rickey of the Dodgers and agrees to join the Dodgers organization.
1946: Jackie Robinson played his first professional baseball game for the Montreal Royals at Roosevelts Stadium in Jersey City.
1946: February 10, Jackie and Rachel married in the Independent Chruch in Los Angeles
1946: The Montreal Royals won league with the first Negro baseball player.
1947: Both the Dodgers and the Montreal Royals hold their spring training in Havana, Cuba.
1947: The Brooklyn Dodgers annouced that they have bought Jack Roosevelt Robinson contract from Montreal.
Jackie made his big-league first appearance against the Boston Braves.
1947: Jackie finished in the National League fifth place most valuable player.
1949: Jackie won National League most valuable player.
1950: Jackie and Rachel had their only daughter Sharon Robinson.
1955: The Dodgers claimed their first World Championship, beating the Yankees 4 games to 3.
1957: Jackie Robinson announces his retirement from professional baseball.
1957: Jackie Robinson, and Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded with honorary degree in Doctor and Laws from Howard University.
1958: Jackie acts as a spokesman and fundraiser for the NAACP.
1963: Jackie joins Martin Luther King Jr. and many others in a civils rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama.
1968: Jackie's mother Mallie, passed away.
1971: Jackie Robinson Jr. was killed in a car accident.
1972: Jackie's number 42 is retired in a ceremony at Dodgers Stadium.
1972: Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack at his house in Stamford, Connecticut on October 24th.
1973: The Jackie Robinson foundation was established.
1981: The UCLA Baseball Stadium in dedicated to Jackie Robinson and a statute stands in front.
1982: Robinson becomes the first baseball player ever to be illustrated on a U.S. postage stamp called "Black Heritage".
1984: Jackie Robinson was inducted into UCLA's Hall of Fame.
1997: MLB celebrates the 50th anniversary of Jackie breaking baseballs color barriers.
2004: MLB establishes April 15th as Jackie Robinson Day, when everyone recognizes his importance.
2005: On Wednesday, March 2nd Jackie Robinson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Jackie Robinson
Who it started with
In Honor
Quotes
Timeline
Thesis Statement
Annotated Bibliography