Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinsonwas an American Major League Baseballsecond baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers, by playing Robinson, heralded the end of racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth31 January 1919
CityCairo, GA
CountryUnited States of America
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The tables are decorated by Jeannie Winslow, and the colors will be yellow and blue this year. She has been doing the decorating for the luncheon for 20 years.
This is our biggest fund-raiser for overseas missions. We try to make the most money on this luncheon for the missions. This luncheon is for everyone.
People that work can get in and out in record time for the luncheon as we have an express line for them to go through.
I've been riding on Cloud Nine since the election, and I don't think I'll ever come down. Today, everything is complete.
There is also a PCC connection to the exhibition as well,' Cannon said.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
Above anything else, I hate to lose.
I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected
I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.
The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.