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
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.
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
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.
We have a social responsibility and we are held to a higher standard than other institutions,
We're in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door.
Are you looking for a Negro who won't fight back?
I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps the greatness of tomorrow.
I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!
I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only black man out there... I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.