1.  born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919.  He died in 1972 in Stamford, CT  His family was poor  Went to Pasadena, Junior College  Then he went to UCLA

2.  First Black Baseball Player in the Major Leagues  Was named man of the year  Was awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom  Named National League most valuable team

3.  Had a son named Jackie Robinson, Jr  Married Rachel Isum  Was a Second Lieutenant  He was honorably discharged from the army

4.  Racism  Poverty  College  Strikes against him when he was batting during a baseball game

5.  1919 Jackie Robinson, Jr was born in Cairo, George  Robinson’s family moved to Pasadena, California  Jackie enrolled at Pasadena, Junior College then UCLA  He was inducted into the army and made a second Lieutenant  Robinson was court-martialed for insubordination and was honorably discharge  He married Rachel Isum and had a son named Jackie, Jr in 1946  Jackie, Jr died in a car accident 1971  Jackie, Sr in Stamford, CT in 1972  Jackie was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980  Jackie was named man of the year in 1990

6.  Author: Isaac, E  Website: Jackie Robinson Timeline  Date accessed: 2-27-12  URL: www.jackierobinsontimelinwww.jackierobinsontimelin  Accessed 2-22-12  Book author: Barry Dannenberg  Title: Steeling Home  Publisher: Scholastic Inc  City: New York  Date: 1990  Website: biography  Date accesed:2-16-12  URL: www.biography.comwww.biography.com