notes on Jackie RObinson
When Jackie Robinson ran out onto
Brooklyn's Ebbets Field to play his first game
in the major leagues, many Americans were
shocked. The grandson of a slave, Jackie
was the first African American to play for a
major league baseball team in the Twentieth
Century.
Last year, Jackie Robinson again captured
the imagination and hearts of millions of Americans as the nation celebrated the 50th
anniversary of his historic first game in the majors. President …
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…Jackson looked to him for guidance.
Fifty years have passed since Robinson first set foot on Ebbets Field in
Brooklyn, and to many people today he is more a legend than a person.
The baseball team at his alma mater, UCLA, plays in Jackie Robinson
Stadium. Major league baseball's rookies of the year take home the
Jackie Robinson Award.
But Robinson the man seems to have become lost in the shadow of
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