Page 18 - Jackie Robinson: Entrepreneur

Jackie participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for Whitney Young

Manor, accompanied by New York Urban Development Corporation
officials William Hayden (left) and James Robinson (right), 1970.

Courtesy of Irwin Simon, The Robinson Family Collection.
Jackie Robinson considers architectural plans
For Jackie, his business enterprises were both a financial investment
for a housing development, ca. 1967. in his family’s future as well as a benefit to the African American

Jackie Robinson Museum Collection community. In 1970, Robinson in partnership with three successful

real estate entrepreneurs, formed the Jackie Robinson Construction

Corporation. The aim was both profit for the principals and a long-
term assistance to the black community through the construction of

low- and middle-income housing. The Whitney Young Manor was the

first completed project of the Jackie Robinson Construction Company.

16 Jack Roosevelt Robinson: Entrepreneur