WHO: Jackie Robinson
WHAT: Became first African-American Major league baseball player.
WHERE: Kansas City (Monarchs) and Brooklyn (Dodgers)
WHEN: Born January 31, 1919; Died October 24, 1972; Major League debut April 15, 1947
WHY: In 1920, Jackie Robinson, only one year old, and his for other siblings moved to Pasadena, CA after their father abandoned them and their mother. They were poor, and he even joined a gang in his teen years.
When he started playing for the Monarchs, fans and teammates harassed him. His team, and members of the opposing team verbally abused him. Some of the Dodgers players even said they would rather sit on the bench than play beside a Negro player. Some of the teammates even left the team. But through all the name-calling, threats, and rough childhood, he fought through it all and ended up becoming a baseball legend. He became national league MVP in 1949, and Rookie of the year in 1947.
**Jackie Robinson and 9/11 firefighters have a connection because, if we didn't have the African-American leaders, like Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Martin Luther King Jr., we might not have African-American firefighters.
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