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Jackie Robinson
Title: Jackie Robinson
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 571 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson, born as Jack Roosevelt Robinson, was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, Mallie Robinson, single-handedly raised Jackie and her four other children. They were the only black family on their block, and the prejudice they encountered only strengthened their bonds. From this humble beginning would grow the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated major league baseball for more than 50 …showed first 75 words of 571 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 571 total…Anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. In doing so, we honored the man who stood defiantly against those who would work against racial equality and acknowledged the profound influence of one man's life on the American culture. If we are to measure the man by the quote that is inscripted on his grave, then Jackie Robinson's life and legacy will be remembered as one of the most important in American history
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