Day: January 18, 2013

FILM TRAILER: THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. …. Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era.[1] Robinson broke the baseball colour line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to play in the major leagues since the []