Jackie Robinson

Birthday: 31 January 1919, Cairo, Georgia, USA

Birth Name: Jack Roosevelt Robinson

Height: 180 cm

Jackie Robinson was the african-American who broke the color barrier in baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on January 23, 1962.

Civil rights is not by any means the only issue that concerns me - nor, I think any other Negro. As ...Show more »

Civil rights is not by any means the only issue that concerns me - nor, I think any other Negro. As Americans, we have as much at stake in this country as anyone else. But since effective participation in a democracy is based upon enjoyment of basic freedoms that everyone else takes for granted, we need make no apologies for being especially interested in catching up on civil rights. Show less «

Baseball was just a part of my life. Thank God that I didn't allow a sport or a business or any part...Show more »

Baseball was just a part of my life. Thank God that I didn't allow a sport or a business or any part of my life to dominate me completely. I felt that I had my time in athletics and that was it. Show less «