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[[File:Jackie_Robinson,_Brooklyn_Dodgers,_1954.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left|Jackie Robinson]]__NOTOC__
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in major league baseball on April 15, 1947. He went 0 for 3. He reached base once, scoring a run in a Brooklyn Dodgers victory. As a statistical line it was not the most auspicious of debuts. That Robinson debuted at all was the greatest accomplishment of the day.
Jackie Robinson is remembered for that day in April 1947, but for so much more as well. Not only was the first African-American to play Major League baseball, he did it under extraordinary circumstances. He experienced the full force of American racism both on and off the field. He stood up to that racism during his playing career and well beyond. Jackie Robinson’s fight against discrimination and inequality didn’t end with his Major League debut, it had barely started. His stellar career and continued activism afterward are what make him a hero.
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====Suggested Readings====
Robert Cottrell, ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1597978426/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1597978426&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=3565e5b9e44886279dbc61966be1cdde Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball — and America],'' Potomac Books, 2012.
Chris Lamb, ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803210760/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0803210760&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=0b9d7f3a62dc0b06bff688c06c9f4c45 Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball],'' University of Nebraska Press, 2012.
Arnold Rampersad, ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034542655X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=034542655X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=594526adf4db6c3e2de4c7263b5b08bf Jackie Robinson: A Biography],'' Ballantine Books, 1998.
====Bibliography====
Gurevitz, A. E. (2015). "Breaking Baseball’s Color Line." ''Arizona Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies'' Volume 4, 86-101.
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