... Athletics teams were divided into black and white teams. Professional teams were also segregated. Baseball had the Major League and the Negro League. Football was all white. Basketball also had separate leagues for blacks and whites. Segregation was just as prevalent in sports as it was in ... This barrier was broken by Woody Strode and Kenny Washington. Strode and Washington became the first African American players in the modern National Football League. The National Basketball Association followed closely when it added its first African American in 1950. His name was Earl Lloyd. The ...

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... he was a quarterback and was one of four black players on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team (3 of these four including Robinson made up three of the four backfield players).Also only a few black players played mainstream college football, making UCLA the most integrated team in college football with only four black players. While in his track career, Robinson  won the  1940 NCAA men's track ... and field championship  in the  long jump event. Ironically, while in college, baseball was considered his worst sport. He did much more that achieve ... ...

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... when the occasion demanded. Jackie went to Muir Tech. High School. At high school is where he began to get interested in sports. He competed in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He was a good player in every sport. During high school, college recruiters failed to pay attention to him. He didn't receive any scholorship, so he decided to go to Pasadena Junior ... College. Pasadena Junior College is where Jackie began to get noticed for his athletic abilities. He set many records in track, baseball, and football. Babe Horrel wanted to recruit Jackie from Pasadena Junior College. O...

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... turn to athletics to solve his academic and home problems. A natural athlete, Robinson played football, basketball, baseball, and track and field at Pasadena Community College. He then went on to UCLA, (University of California, Los Taylor, 2 Angeles), where he again excelled in football, basketball, baseball and track. After college, he was drafted in the Army and served in World War II. Upon his return ... ...

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... (Kahn 10). Not long after the family moved to Pasadena, California Robinson's mother enrolled him into Pasadena Junior College. At Pasadena Junior College Robinson set a National Junior College record in the long jump of 25' 6 ½- (Ringer 22). After only one year at Pasadena Junior College Robinson received an athletic scholarship to UCLA (23). There, Robinson became the first Bruin athlete to earn varsity letters ... in four sports (25). Robinson was a standout in football, baseball, basketball and track (26). After three years of college Robinson left college to work to support his mo...

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... , Jackie"). He went on to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (1). Jackie was a standout in school sports at UCLA, he played football, baseball, basketball, and track (1). He later left college in the middle of his junior year to join the Army in 1941 (1). Four years after entering the Army Jackie was discharged because of a confrentation with another officer when he ... greatly helped major league baseball accept African American players that otherwise would not have played. I. Early Years A. History 1. School 2. Background B.Family 1.Five Siblings 2. Son of a Share Cropper ...

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... side of the street' where only white people could be. Jackie attended John Muir Technical High School where he starred in football, basketball, baseball, and track. After high school Jackie enrolled at UCLA in September 1939. At college he continued to play football, basketball, baseball, and track. Jackie was the first student at UCLA to play and star in four sports. At UCLA ... ...

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... way in life. While at UCLA, Jackie Robinson became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team. Robinson was unable to complete his college education due to financial problems, so he then went on and enlisted into the U.S. Army. After two years in the army ... ...

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... five children. After his father abandoned the family when Robinson was six months old, his mother, Mallie Robinson, moved them to California in search of work. Robinson attended Pasadena Junior College and the University of California at 3 Los Angeles (UCLA). He acquired outstanding athletic ability and became the first UCLA student athlete to win varsity letters in four sports ... : football, basketball, baseball, and track. In 1941, Robinson left college to join the United States Army. While in the army, Robinson graduated from Officers Candidate School and became a second lieutenant. ...

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... moved the family to Pasadena, California to find work as a domestic. Jackie Robinson excelled in four sports at Pasadena's John Muir Technical High: football, basketball, baseball and track. He went on to Pasadena Junior College, where he set a National Junior College record in the long jump of 25' 6 ½- before accepting an athletic scholarship to UCLA. There, he became the first Bruin athlete to ... ...

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... born in Cairo, Georgia, on January 31, 1919 to Jerry and Mallie Robinson. He grew up in Pasadena, California. In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year for Army service during World War II. While in the armed services Robinson ... ...

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... reconciled in the proper manner. One of the major one way between Troy in his high school aged son, Cory. Cory was an accomplished football player who wanted to to focus on his team and play in college. Troy was against his goals and insisted that he prioritized his work and house chores over the sport. Troy went behind Cory's back and ... ...

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... of Sports Illustrated's writers in 1968, "Sports has increased the opportunity of the Negro, and other minorities, to go to college" (9). These disadvantaged children, look at the status of these icons, and think to themselves that by playing basketball or football, etc., they could also be there in years to come. From the days that young Native Americans looked up to (and ... ...

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... strong-minded. Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919 and grew up in Pasadena, California, where he attended UCLA. While attending there he won letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He was regarded as the most all-around athlete in the U.S. at the time. After serving three years in the army, he began playing baseball with ... commitment to youth was recognized when his wife Robinson founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation. Even today the Jackie Robinson Foundation continues to fight for human dignity and brotherhood by supporting college-bound mino...

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... born in Cairo, Georgia., on January 31, 1919 to Jerry and Mallie Robinson. He grew up in Pasadena, California. In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year for Army service during World War II. After receiving a medical discharge in 1945 ... ...

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... born in Cairo, Georgia., on January 31, 1919 to Jerry and Mallie Robinson. He grew up in Pasadena, California. In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year into the Army during World War II. After receiving a medical discharge in 1945 ... ...

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... mother worked hard to support the family and she was the most important person in his life. After Jackie graduated from high school he decided to go to Pasadena Junior College. After a few years Jackie decided to stay at home and go to the UCLA. He wanted to stay near his brother and the rest of his family. He was thinking ... 24, 1972, Jackie died at the age of 53 in Stamford Connecticut. By the time of his death professional sports had changed a great deal. Blacks played in pro baseball, pro football and pro basketball. Every year, a small step is made. But the biggest step was the fi...

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