Baseball legend Jackie Robinson

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.

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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 1880s, he was instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades. Continue Reading….

Rest In Peace Jackie Robinson.