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Jackie's college  career
  • Jackie attended John Muir High school and Pasadena  junior College.
  • Jackie played four sports in Highschool and College.
  • He played football, basketball baseball, and track.
  • Named regions most valuable player in 1938.
Jackie Robinson at Pasedena Junoir College. 
Jackie Robinson at Ucla
  • Jackie continued his education at the University of California  , Los Angeles. 
  • Where he became the Universities first to win varsity letters in four sports.
  • In 1941 despite his athletic success, Jackie was forced to leave UCLA just shy from graduation due to financial hardship.
Jackie in the    Army
  • From 1942 to 1944, Jackie served as a second Lieutenant the U.S. Army.
  • However, he never saw combat and during boot camp in 1944 in Fort Hood Texas, Robinson was arrested and court-martialed after  refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus when ordered to by the bus driver.
  • And Jackie's excellent reputation and friends of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) and various Black newspapers, shed public light on the injustice and was ultimately acquitted of the charges and received an honorable discharge.
        Major League baseball 
  • Jackie made history when he broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • A talented player won the National League Rookie of the Year Award. 
  • In 1949 Jackie won the MVP award
 
Jackie Robinson  with the Brooklyn dodgers

MLB continued
  • Despite his skills Jackie faced a barrage of insults because of his race.
  • "The courage and grace with which Jackie handled a generation of African-Americans to question the doctrine "separate but equal" and helped them pave the way for the Civil Rights Movement."
  • When Jackie signed he agreed not to respond to the abuse he would face.
MLB continued
  • His playing style combined traditional elements of black sports the opportunistic risk taking known as "tricky baseball" in the Negro leagues with an aggressiveness asserting his right to be at the plate or on the basepaths.   
  • According to his manager Leo Durocher,"This guy didn't come here to play he came here to beat you."
  • Jackies presence in baseball electrified them, and then flocked to see the Dodgers in huge numbers and from great distances. 
the last years
  • "In 1997,50 years after Jackie integrated baseball his number, 42, was permanently retired from the MLB.
  • In five at-bats he hit a three-run homer,and three singles  ,stole two bases and scored four times ,twice forcing the pitcher to balk.
  • "He retired with a bin 1957 with a batting average of .311.
Jakie Robinson with the Dodgers
MLB continued
  • In 1962 Jackie became the first black player named to the baseball hall of fame.
  • Jackie showed the world how determination can  help a dream come true. 
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