Jackie's Early Life
Jackie's Influence
Other Facts
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100
Jackie Robinson was an Only Child.
False; Jackie Robinson was the youngest of 5 children.
100
Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in the major leagues.
True; On 15 April, 1947, Robinson took his spot as the first baseman in a game against the Boston Braves. This broke baseball's 50 year old color barrier, making him an icon for those fighting for racial equality.
100
Jackie Robinson was in the army
True; He joined the segregated army in World War II.
200
Jackie Robinson was born in Los Angeles.
False; he was born in Georgia in 1919.
200
Jackie Robinson served as a Vice President of a major American Corporation.
True, Jackie served as the first ever African American VP of a major cooperation (Chock Full o'Nuts) From 1957-1964.
200
The Dodgers scouted Robinson and placed him on the Brooklyn team in 1946.
False; they started him in a minor league team based in Montreal, Canada, in order to see how capable he was of handling the pressure of being the only African- American on an all white team.
300
Jackie Robinson moved to California when he was 1.
True; after his father left the family, Jackie's mother moved them all from Georgia to Pasadena, California.
300
Jackie Robinson's baseball career ended with his retirement in 1956.
False; his baseball career continued as he became the first African- American commentator for the MLB in 1972.
300
Other teams slated to play the Dodgers threatened to boycott the game if Robinson played.
True; The Philadelphia Phillies threatened to Boycott baseball all together, however, Baseball commissioners threatened to ban the players from baseball all-together and the boycott threats dissolved.
400
Jackie Robinson grew up in a predominately black neighborhood.
False; Jackie Robinson grew up in a neighborhood of a majority of white neighbors and he had to prove himself constantly.
400
Jackie Robinson never spoke out about racism in sports.
False; while he remained passive in his first two years as a Brooklyn Dodger, later in life, Jackie became very outspoken about the inequality of African- Americans. He even served on the board of the NAACP fighting for civil rights and equality.
400
Jackie Robinson was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus.
True; Robinson boarded an army bus and refused to move to the back at the wishes of the driver. He was later moved battalions and charged with insubordination, disturbing the peace, drunkenness (despite the fact that Robinson neither drank nor smoked), conduct unbecoming an officer, insulting a civilian woman, and refusing to obey the lawful orders of a superior officer.
500
Jackie Robinson dropped out of high school.
False; he attended John Muir high school and went on to Pasadena City College and then UCLA where he was the first athlete in school history to letter in four sports including Track and field, football, basketball and baseball.
500
Jackie Robinson was the first African- American Hall- of- Famer.
True; he was elected to the MLB Hall of Fame in 1962 for his undeniable influence on baseball and desegregation in sports.
500
Once on the team, Robinson was respected as a baseball player.
False; on the road, some cities would not allow him to stay at the team's hotel, often times restaurants would refuse to server him and he would have to eat on the bus alone while his teammates ate inside. But, he did receive large amounts of support from most Brooklyn fans, and African- Americans who would attend his games to cheer him on. However, every small victory was overshadowed by the constant harassment and threats Jackie received.
500
Jackie Robinson's positive attitude was a big part of his ability to influence change and inspire desegregation and the advancement of African- Americans in sports.
False;