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- Jackie Robinson was the
- first African-American to
- play major league base-
- ball in the 20th century. He
- was also the first to win an
- MVP Award and to be elected to the National
- Baseball Hall of Fame.
-
- Before Jackie broke the color barrier in 1947,
- African-Americans had not been allowed to
- play in the major leagues since 1887. When
- he left the Negro leagues to play infield for
- the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie helped open
- the door to players of all races.
-
- Jackie had made history as a college
- student too. He was the first four-letter
- man at the University of California at