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  1. Há 1 dia · Jackie Robinson (born January 31, 1919, Cairo, Georgia, U.S.—died October 24, 1972, Stamford, Connecticut) was the first Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century.

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      Ken Griffey, Jr. (born November 21, 1969, Donora,...

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  2. Here’s a look at 10 select times and events from Robinson’s life and career, from the symbolic to the specific. • Jackie Robinson's birthplace marker rededicated. 1. Meeting "the Mahatma". Aug. 28, 1945. This is the date of the initial meeting between Robinson and Dodgers president Branch Rickey. Rickey, nicknamed “the Mahatma ...

  3. 15 de abr. de 2024 · Some of the best quotes from Jackie Robinson: “Plenty of times I wanted to haul off when somebody insulted me for the color of my skin, but I had to hold to myself. I knew I was kind of an...

  4. 16 de abr. de 2024 · Open Extended Reactions. LOS ANGELES -- Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport's color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, marking the end of the racial segregation that had relegated Black players to the Negro Leagues for decades.

  5. 16 de abr. de 2024 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, beginning the end of the racial segregation that had relegated Black players to the Negro Leagues for decades.

  6. 15 de abr. de 2024 · On this day 77 years ago – April 15, 1947 – Jackie Robinson stepped onto the baseball diamond in Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the biggest day in sports history.

  7. 15 de abr. de 2024 · UCLA alumnus Jackie Robinson never planned to become a living symbol of the fight against racial injustice, but his breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball — on April 15, 1947 — was not only one of the greatest acts of societal defiance in the 20th century but one of the most influential events in the fight for ...