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He remained active in the game as an announcer, and also lent his support to many societal causes. “Jackie Robinson made my success possible,” said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Without him, I would never have been able to do what I did.”. Robinson was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1962. He passed away on Oct. 24, 1972.
6 de jan. de 2021 · Jackie Robinson: A Biography. Ballantine Books, 1997. "Robinson's Later Career: 1957 to 1961." By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s–1960s. Library of Congress. Shafer, Ronald G. "The First African American Major League Baseball Player Isn't Who You Think." The Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2019.
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson ( Cairo, 31 de janeiro de 1919 – Stamford, 24 de outubro de 1972) foi um jogador de beisebol norte-americano. Ele foi o primeiro jogador afro-americano da Major League Baseball na era moderna. [ 1] No dia 15 de abril de 1947, Jackie Robinson rompeu a "linha de cor" no beisebol americano.
18 de out. de 2020 · While serving in the military, Jackie Robinson was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus. In 1947, he made history when his debut wit...
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On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. He would later become the first African American named a vice president at a fortune 500 company; serve as an advisor to politicians; start a bank and a housing development company; and, was a key figure in advancing equal opportunity and first-class citizenship for all ...
11 de set. de 2020 · In 1970 he launched the Jackie Robinson Construction Company to build low and moderate-income housing for minorities. In October 1972, during a ceremony to throw out the first pitch before a World ...
19 de out. de 2010 · Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack on October 24, 1972 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 53. On March 26, 1984, Robinson was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, by President Ronald Reagan. In 1996 the U.S. Congress and President Clinton authorized a coin to commemorate the fiftieth ...
