Jackie Robinson: An American Hero Powerpoint Created by: Alexia Becker and Christopher Knodel

Jackie Robinson: An American Hero

Powerpoint Created by: Alexia Becker and Christopher Knodel

Young Robinson

• Born on January 3, 1919, in Cairo,Georgia.

• Youngest of 5 kids

• Soon moved to Pasadena,California.

Mother – Mallie

• Mother – Mallie

• Father – Jerry

• Divorced six months after he was born

• Three brothers – Mack, Frank, and Edgar

• One sister - Willa

Jackie Grows Up

• Joined gang – Pepper Street Gang

• Poor

• Segregation

High School Days

• George Washington high school

• Played football, baseball,basketball,track.

• Practiced a lot!

• Good athlete

Negro Leagues

• Black and whites separated

• two leagues –negro and majors

• Negro for blacks

• Majors for whites

• 1945 played on negro league-Kansas City Monarchs

Branch Rickey

• 1947-president of Brooklyn Dodgers

• Asked Jackie Robinson to play

• needed player with collage education and courage

• Believed Jackie was his man

• First black man to play in the major leagues

• Played first game at Ebbets field with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15,1957

• “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me ….All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

• …..Jackie Robinson

Retired

• Last game on September 30,1956

• Number 42 was retired

• First black baseball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame – July 23, 1962

• Worked hard to change laws

Recognitions

• First Major League baseball player to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.

• Named MVP in junior college in Southern California.

• Recognized for breaking the color barrier

Great American Hero

• It was because of Jackie Robinson that whites and blacks can play professional sports in America. He led the Dodgers to 6 World Series and one World Series Championship. After he retired, he became the first black vice president of a big American corporation. Today, they have created a movie called, “42” that tells all about the life he led.

The End

• A SPECIAL THANK YOU!

• Mrs. Bucco

• Mrs. Laffey

• Mrs. Kelly

• And to our wonderful parents!