[Player file : Robinson, Jack Roosevelt, 1947- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

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[Player file : Robinson, Jack Roosevelt, 1947- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

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Player file includes material documenting his baseball career and personal life. These items include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents and other sundry items. File contents: folder 1 (miscellaneous & undated); folder 2 (miscellaneous & undated); folder 3 (50th anniversary celebration); folder 4 (correspondence); folder 5 (uniform numbers); folder 6 (1947-1969); folder 7 (1970-1979); folder 8 (1980- ).

8 folders.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. R...