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Jackie Robinson  

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  • Jackie (John) Roosevelt Robinson became the first African American to play for a major league baseball team, breaking the color line, and paving the way for the integration of professional sports in the United States. A Hall of Fame player, Robinson was an out-spoken critic of prejudice, and used his position as a professional athlete to advance the cause of racial equality. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Robinson, Jackie (1919–1972)]

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