Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson came into the world when small pox and the Spanish flu seemed to be most dominant in various regions . His family was a family of sharecroppers and his father deserted Jackie and the rest of his children . Jackie 's mother raised them . Living in poverty , the gang life appealed to Robinson for a short period of time until a friend encouraged him to leave the petty-crime infested group . Jackie Robinson

was a lieutenant in the United States Army in the early forties . An honorable discharge prevented him from active combat in World War II His baseball career soon followed

Jackie Robinson became the first African-American baseball player in the Major Leagues . He would later be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 . During his career , he was the member of six teams that went to the World Series

A supporter of Martin Luther King Junior and Malcolm X , Robinson would become active in political campaigns for men like Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater while capturing even more honors and awards . The Presidential Medal of Freedom was adorned on him along with the Congressional Gold Medal

Jackie Robinson died in 1972 . His wife set up the Jackie Robinson Foundation and today , Robinson 's legacy lives on

JACKIE ROBINSON

Jackie Robinson is a legendary figure and his name is now synonymous with the desegregation and redefinition of professional sports . The social impact of...