Honoring Black History Month:
here is a biography video about
When he stepped
onto Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson became
the first African American in the 20th century to play baseball in the major
leagues—breaking the “color line,” a segregation practice dating to the 19th
century.
Source: http://www.loc.gov/topics/baseball/featured/jackierobinson.html