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THE LEGACY. THE HISTORY.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Jackie Robinson

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Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

NOTABLE QUOTE

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

MINI BIO

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