Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinsonwas an American Major League Baseballsecond baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers, by playing Robinson, heralded the end of racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth31 January 1919
CityCairo, GA
CountryUnited States of America
If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.
You're going to be a great player, kid.
Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.
The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.
I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected
Above anything else, I hate to lose.
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
I've been riding on Cloud Nine since the election, and I don't think I'll ever come down. Today, everything is complete.
People that work can get in and out in record time for the luncheon as we have an express line for them to go through.
The tables are decorated by Jeannie Winslow, and the colors will be yellow and blue this year. She has been doing the decorating for the luncheon for 20 years.
discover the truth of today, and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.
There is also a PCC connection to the exhibition as well,' Cannon said.