
want to accomplish; just like Jackie Roosevelt Robinson!
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I was born on January 31, 1919, and my hometown is
Cairo, Georgia. When I was one year old, my family
moved to Passadena, California.


I am the youngest of five children. My mother Mille
raised four boys and one girl all by herself.











I love to play sports! It all started when my brothers
excelled in sports and taught me how to play. I played
baseball, football, basketball, tennis, and ran track.






I went to college at UCLA where I starred again in
track, baseball, football, and basketball. I was the first
athlete at UCLA to earn varsity letters in all four
sports.




I also won the NCAA
championship in the long
jump!




When I played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, I worked so
hard that I hit one out of the park and won the leagues
MVP Award!





After I did all of those amazing accomplishments, teams
that we were supposed to play never showed up for the
game. People said mean things to me and threw things
at me; they did that all because I was black.







One of the scariest fights I've ever came to know in my
life happened when I was eight years old.
I came across this white girl. Right then, she called me
a bad name. I got really mad, and I yelled a name right
back at her.










Her father
stood up to
me right away.
He didn't think
a black should
stand up to a
white. Then a
rock fight
started. No
one can really
win a rock
fight, so the
girl's mother
had to come
out and break
it up.
From
that
rock
fight, I
learned
to
stand
up for
myself.



After that, I was trying to hang out with a gang of poor
black kids. We threw mud clumps at cars that were
driven by whites.





Mr. Anderson, a good friend, pulled me aside. He was
very calm as he told me.....











After I finished college, I went to play professional
football. Once World War II started, I had to quit
football because I was drafted to the army.
After I did basic training, my friend "Joe Louis," helped
me get accepted into officer training school!


One of my failures is that I didn't make it to the NFL.





At age 28, I became the first black player in the major
leagues in 1947.



My awards were............
1947-Rookie of the Year.
1949-National Leagues Most Valuable Player.
Stole home 19 times setting a league record
First African American athlete in MLB.


I was the
most
remembered
for paving the
path for black
athletes to be
treated with
respect. My
career
opened the
door for other
African
American
players.

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want to accomplish; just like Jackie Roosevelt Robinson!
This book was created and published on StoryJumper™
©2015 StoryJumper, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publish your own children's book:
www.storyjumper.com




I was born on January 31, 1919, and my hometown is
Cairo, Georgia. When I was one year old, my family
moved to Passadena, California.


I am the youngest of five children. My mother Mille
raised four boys and one girl all by herself.










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