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APR 15, 1947                                    NOV 1, 1948
 Breaking the                                   YMCA in Harlem
 color barrier                                  After concluding their barnstorming
                                                 tour, Jackie Robinson and Roy
 After signing a contract five                  Campanella report for duty as            JUL 12, 1949
 days earlier, Jackie Robinson                  coaches and counselors in the            All-Star Game
 takes first base on Ebbets                      Boy’s Work Department of the
 Field to play for the Brooklyn                  Harlem YMCA in New York City.           Jackie Robinson is the National
 Dodgers, becoming the first                                                              League’s starting second baseman
 African American in modern                                                               in the MLB All-Star game, the first
 baseball history to play for a                 At this time, many professional American   to feature African-American players.
 major league baseball team.                    athletes held jobs during baseball’s off-  Other African Americans who played
                                                 season to support their families. Some players   that year were his Dodgers teammates,
                                                 earned money doing “barnstorming” tours—  catcher Roy Campanella and pitcher
                                                 teams of ballplayers traveling across the U.S.,   Don Newcombe, and the American
                                                and sometimes Central America, playing    League’s first African-American
                                                 exhibition games.                       player, Larry Doby, who played for
                                                                                          the Cleveland Indians.





 OCT 4, 1946
 Little World   SEP 26, 1947
 Series  NOV 18, 1946  Rookie of the Year
 The Montreal Royals win   Jackie Jr.   Sporting News awards Jackie
 the Little World Series    is born  Robinson the first-ever “Rookie of
 at the end of Jackie    the Year Award,” which is renamed
 Robinson’s debut year    Jack Roosevelt   the “Jackie Robinson Rookie of the
 in professional baseball.  Robinson, Jr.,   Year Award” in 1987.
 the first child
 of Rachel and
 The Little World Series was the   Jackie Robinson,   By the end of his rookie year as a Brooklyn
 championship game played    Dodger, Jackie Robinson had 12 home
 between the two best minor   is born.  runs, a .297 batting average, and led the
 league baseball teams.   league in steals, with 29. He distinguished
         himself throughout his decade-long
         career, with an impressive .311 career
         batting average.
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