Jackie's Early Life
The state where Jackie Robinson was born.
What is Georgia?
The minor‑league team Jackie joined in 1946, becoming the first Black player in modern professional baseball.
What are the Montreal Royals?
Jackie agreed to this difficult promise when he first signed with the Dodgers.
What is not fighting back?
The minor‑league team Jackie joined in 1946, becoming the first Black player in modern professional baseball.
What are the Montreal Royals?
Sharon Robinson wrote Promises to Keep about this person.
Who is her father, Jackie Robinson?
As a young boy, Jackie often looked up to this older brother, whose athletic success inspired him to pursue sports seriously.
Who is Mack Robinson?
The year Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
What is 1947?
This type of discrimination Jackie faced both on and off the field.
What is racial discrimination?
Jackie founded this bank to support Black communities.
What is Freedom National Bank?
Sharon describes her father using this word that means “someone who leads by example.”
What is a role model?
The California city where Jackie grew up.
What is Pasadena?
The team Jackie played for in the major leagues.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
The teammates who initially refused to play with Jackie were part of this action.
What is the players’ petition?
Jackie Robinson was the first Black person to be inducted into this Hall of Fame.
What is the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Sharon highlights this quality of her father, which inspired her own work with young people.
What is determination?
As a child in Pasadena, Jackie learned to stand up for himself and others after witnessing this kind of unfair treatment in his neighborhood.
What is segregation?
This Dodgers executive signed Jackie and supported him through the challenges of integration.
Who is Branch Rickey?
Jackie’s calm strength in the face of hatred is often described using this word.
What is courage?
Jackie used this platform to speak out about equality and justice.
What are public speeches?
Sharon Robinson works with this MLB program that teaches kids about character and history.
What is Breaking Barriers?
The university where Jackie became a four‑sport athlete.
What is UCLA?
The award Jackie won in his first MLB season.
What is Rookie of the Year?
The college Jackie attended, where he became a four‑sport star.
What is UCLA?
The year Jackie Robinson died.
What is 1972?
The “promise” in Promises to Keep refers to continuing this part of Jackie’s legacy.
What is fighting for equality?