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Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson became the first black baseball player in the modern major leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Playing from 1947 to 1956, Robinson had a career batting average of .311, and in 1962 became the first black player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Baseball; Robinson, Jackie; African American History; Negro Leagues
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