Jackie Robinson
Eventually Jackie enlisted in the army in which he served in for two years. He left the army with an honorable discharge. In 1945, he played in the Negro Baseball League for one season. The Brooklyn Dodgers' president Branch Rickey asked him to join the team 1947. There hasn't been an African American baseball player in the Major Leagues since 1889. He broke the color-barrier in baseball. He was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Jackie married a woman named Rachel Isum who was a nursing student he met at college. They had three children.
Branch Rickey
Rickey served in the U.S. army for France during the World War I. He gained approval from the Dodgers Board of Directors to integrate Major League Baseball. Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson a contract. He by doing this he broke the color barrier in baseball.
Eventually Jackie enlisted in the army in which he served in for two years. He left the army with an honorable discharge. In 1945, he played in the Negro Baseball League for one season. The Brooklyn Dodgers' president Branch Rickey asked him to join the team 1947. There hasn't been an African American baseball player in the Major Leagues since 1889. He broke the color-barrier in baseball. He was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Jackie married a woman named Rachel Isum who was a nursing student he met at college. They had three children.
Branch Rickey
Rickey served in the U.S. army for France during the World War I. He gained approval from the Dodgers Board of Directors to integrate Major League Baseball. Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson a contract. He by doing this he broke the color barrier in baseball.
