Jackie Robinson Jr.: Segregation

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Jackie Robinson the first African American to play in the MLB since the segregation began. His Children were Sharon Robinson, David Robinson, and Jackie Robinson Jr. He was born on January 31, 1919, Cairo Georgia. He died on October 24, 1972, Stamford. His wife was Rachel Robinson 1946 – 1972. He was often treated badly in this league because it was run by white people and the whites were racist at the time. However Jackie was one of the biggest athletes to change history, not by breaking records but by changing segregation. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919, his family was a sharecropper family. Jackie’s mom singly raised Jackie and his four other siblings. Jackie faced racism all his life. It started when he came

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