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Seventy five years ago today, Jackie Robinson made sports and national history when he took to the infield as a Brooklyn Dodger and integrated Major League Baseball.

To learn more about Georgia born, California-raised US Army Veteran Robinson, read I Never Had it Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson, watch the 2016 documentary Jackie Robinson or consider donating to the Jackie Robinson Foundation at jackierobinson.org which offers financial aid to Black college students under its JRF Scholars program. Also, check out the following sources:

• https://www.biography.com/athlete/jackie-robinson

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr5P8dcn3n4 (doc trailer)

• https://jackierobinson.org

• https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/robinson-jackie

• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50059/42-facts-about-jackie-robinson

• https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/baseball-history/jackies-own-words

• https://www.loc.gov/collections/jackie-robinson-baseball/articles-and-essays/baseball-the-color-line-and-jackie-robinson/meet-the-press/

• https://youtu.be/oTsVeTz3pOY (LA Dodgers remembering Jackie Robinson)

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