Biography of Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. When Jackie Robinson was a baby him, his four siblings, and his mother Mallie Robinson moved to California. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson grew up in a large family with a single mother. Later in Jackie Robinson’s life he attended UCLA where he became the first athlete to win varsity letters in baseball, basketball, football, and track. Later on in Jackie Robinson’s college life he was forced to leave UCLA and join the U.S. Army due to financial difficulties.
While in the Army Jackie Robinson had worked his way up to second lieutenant. Jackie Robinson’s military career was cut short after two years because he was court-martialed in relation to his objections with incidents of racial discrimination. Jackie Robinson ended up leaving with honorable discharge.
In 1945 Jackie Robinson played a season in the Negro league with the Kansas City Monarchs traveling all over the mid-west. But in 1947 Branch Rickey president of the Brooklyn Dodgers talked to Jackie Robinson about joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson decided that...

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