1. Jackie Robinson: More than just a Baseball Player By: Charmayne Harkins Erich Wills

2. Early Years Jack Roosevelt Robinson January 31,1919 Cairo, Georgia 5 th and last child Raised by his Mother

3. Education Pasadena, California John Muir Technical High School Pasadena Junior College in 1938 UCLA (4 Letter Man) 1939

4. Military Life Drafted into the army in 1942 2 nd Iieutenant Honorably discharged in 1944

5. Baseball Career Kansas City Monarchs in 1945 Montreal Royals DodgersDecadeMVP Play link: http://www.history.com/videos/jackie-robinson-changes- the-face-of-america#jackie-robinson-changes-the-face-of-america http://www.history.com/videos/jackie-robinson-changes- the-face-of-america#jackie-robinson-changes-the-face-of-americahttp://www.history.com/videos/jackie-robinson-changes- the-face-of-america#jackie-robinson-changes-the-face-of-america

6. Last Days His number was retired Died October 24,1972 of a heart attack

7. Resources Books A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson, David A Adler Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball, Jim O’Connor Whoo Was Jackie Robinson, Gail Herman, Nancy Harrison, and John O’Brien Jackie Robinson Baseball Great, Richard Scott The Value of Courage: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Spencer Johnson