Jackie 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.
Jackie Robinson: When did play| What position did play| Dunks
When did play:
Seventy-five years to the day after he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson will have his name on a New York City street sign, his number on one of the world’s most iconic skyscrapers and his memory honored on Major League and Little League fields across the country.
From Robinson’s birthplace in Cairo, Ga., to New York City, where he changed the game and the country, to Los Angeles, where he grew up and where his Dodgers reside, Robinson’s importance to sport and society will be celebrated Friday with the most ambitious Jackie Robinson Day yet.
What position did play:
Robinson’s character, his use of nonviolence, and his talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation that had then marked many other aspects of American life.
He influenced the culture of and contributed significantly to the civil rights movement. Robinson also was the first black television analyst in MLB and the first black vice president of a major American corporation, Chock full o’Nuts.
Dunks:
around $100
Nike Dunk Low Jackie Robinson Price
Generally speaking, Dunk Low’s retail for somewhere around $100; however, given this pair are a special edition release, we wouldn’t be surprised if they were to cost slightly more than this.
In the 1960s, he helped establish the Freedom National Bank, an African-American-owned financial institution based in Harlem, New York. After his death in 1972, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his achievements on and off the field.
