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was one of the best players that proffesional baseball has ever seen and greatly helped major league baseball accept African American players that otherwise would not have palyed. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia (Hill 1 ....

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.... another officer when he would not give up his seat on a military bus (1). He was discharged as a first Lieutenant (1). After leaving the Army Jackie wanted to play baseball, his favorite sport. He tried out for many teams and was drafted by the Kansas City Monarchs Negro League Team (Hill 1). The Negro League schedule was very tuff. The team was always on the road playing games. Jackie did not like the life style of being on the Monarchs (“Robinson, Jackie”). He and his teammates would have to withstand the racial tensions everywhere they went (Ward, Burns 285) . While Jackie was playing in the Negro Leagues, Branch Rickey, the ....