Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He faced bullying and racism as a child. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and attended college, where he excelled at football. Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 as the first African American player in the Major Leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He faced considerable discrimination but helped pave the way for integration in professional sports.

2. NAME, BIRTH, AND HOME
Jackie
Robinson, 1/31/1919, home
Cairo, Georgia.

3. ABOUT ROBINSON’S LIFE
He was bullied He went to court
when he was a in 1944,
kid, He got spit
at.

4. JACKIE ROBINSON WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN TO HIT A BASEBALL.

5. HE ALSO WAS IN THE U.S.ARMY.

6. COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
He was good in
college f football.

7. Jackie Robinson backed Richard Nixon (shown shaking
hands with Robinson) for President in 1960.

8. FACTS. QUESTIONS.
He played for the What position did he
Dodgers, He couldn’t
play for the Fort play? What year
Rylee team because did he become a
he wasn’t white, He
also played for the base -ball player?
white sox in 1942, He How did he die?
did construction in
Hawaii, He was in the How long was he
Hall of fame, He died in baseball? Did
on October 24
1972, and Robinson he go to jail?
lived for 53 years.

9. SOURCES
Book-Jackie Robinson-Baseball Civil Rights Legend
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