Jackie Robinson: More

than just a Baseball

PlayerBy: Charmayne Harkins

Erich Wills

Early Years

Jack Roosevelt Robinson

January 31,1919

Cairo, Georgia

5th and last child

Raised by his Mother

Education

Pasadena, California

John Muir Technical High School

Pasadena Junior College in 1938

UCLA (4 Letter Man) 1939

Military Life

Drafted into the army in 1942

2nd Iieutenant

Honorably discharged in 1944

Baseball Career

Kansas City Monarchs in 1945

Montreal Royals

Dodgers

Decade

MVP

Play link: http://www.history.com/videos/jackie-robinson-changes-the-face-of-america#jackie-robinson-changes-the-face-of-america

Last Days

His number was retired

Died October 24,1972 of a heart attack

Resources

Books

A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson, David A Adler

Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball, Jim O’Connor

Whoo Was Jackie Robinson, Gail Herman, Nancy Harrison, and John O’Brien

Jackie Robinson Baseball Great, Richard Scott

The Value of Courage: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Spencer Johnson