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Jackie Robinson
January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972
American baseball player (1919–1972)
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Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.
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- Birthday · January 31
- Anniversary · October 24
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