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Jackie Robinson, actually called Jack Roosevelt Robinson, was born on in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, Mallie Robinson, single- handedly raised Jackie and her four other children. They were the black family on their block, and the prejudice they encountered only strengthened their bonds. From this humble beginning would grow the first baseball players to break the Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated it for more than 50 years. When …

…Anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. In doing so, we honored the man who stood defiantly against those who would work against racial equality and acknowledged the profound influence of one man's life on the American culture. If we are to measure the man by the quote that is inscripted on his grave, then Jackie Robinson's life and legacy will be remembered as one of the most important in American history.