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Title: Jackie Robinson


1
Jackie Robinson
  • Amber Michelle

2
Birth, Death, and Team
  • Born January 31, 1919 Cairo, Georgia
  • Death October 24, 1972 Stamford, Connecticut
    (Heart Attack)
  • Baseball team Brooklyn Dodgers

3
Jackies Family
  • Mallie Robinson (his mother) had four children.
  • His family was the only
  • Black people on their block.
  • His dad (Jerry Robinson) died when Jackie was
    very young.

4
Jackie Married
  • Married Rachel Isum
  • They named their children Jackie Jr., David, and
    Sharon
  • Rachel was a nursing student Jackie met at UCLA
    in 1946

5
Baseball and Other Sports
  • Jackie was the first African-American to play in
    baseballs major leagues
  • His shirt number was 42.
  • Nobody could wear a shirt number 42 after him.

6
Other Facts
  • Jackie was born at the same time as Amber Asia
    Spakes great grandmother
  • Jackie did the shot heard round the world which
    was when Jackie hit himself unconscious, but
    still hit the ball
  • His family was very poor
  • He entered the army for World War Two in 1942

7
Pictures
8
  • The
  • End!
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