Did you know today is Jackie Robinson Day?
Jackie Robinson Day - 2020
Major League Baseball has a program guide for celebrating Jackie Robinson. Here’s why:
- April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson’s debut in Major League baseball broke the color barrier.
- Jackie Robinson joined Martin Luther King Jr as honorary chairman for Youth March for Integrated Schools in early 1958.
Quotes: "There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free."
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.”
Jackie Robinson: Life & Times (slide show)
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This message was brought to by the BEHS Civil Rights Team.
