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Color photograph of Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and B cap, holding a bat over his shoulder.

PEOPLE WORTH GETTING TO KNOW

Jackie Robinson

Baseball player & civil rights advocate

Robinson broke modern Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Pasadena’s memorial places him alongside his brother Mack, recognizing both athletic achievement and their contributions beyond sport.

Pasadena’s memorial provides one place to begin that broader view and to explore the two brothers together.

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A CLOSER LOOK

The story behind it.

A baseball career inseparable from a larger struggle for equality.

An achievement followed by continued work

Robinson’s major-league debut in 1947 is one part of a life that included military service, public advocacy, and arguments about the country after his playing career.

His own account

I Never Had It Made gives Robinson room to describe the demands and unfinished work behind the celebrated milestone.

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A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN

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Color photograph of Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn Dodgers uniform and B cap, holding a bat over his shoulder.

Jackie Robinson · Wikimedia Commons

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