Jackie Robinson
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title:
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 (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 that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Born
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American baseball player (1919–1972)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson
date created:
2001-11-03T15:04:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:26:13Z
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