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ABOUT JACKIE |
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News "Baseball as America" Makes Final Stop “Baseball as America,” a traveling exhibit of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, is making its final stop Full Story >> Biography 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 bond. MORE BIOGRAPHY >> Photos
Fast Facts Birth Name: Jack Roosevelt Robinson Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA Died: October 24, 1972 in Stamford, CT Married: Rachel Issum, February 10, 1946 MORE FAST FACTS >> |
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