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Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 and died October 24 1972. He was the first black baseball player. He was in the Brooklyn Dodgers. His MLB debut was April 15 1947. Dodgers were the first major league since 1880 to have a black man.
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Jackie Robinson helped in the Civil Rights Movement by showing that blacks can do more things. The Dodgers ended the segregation. Jackie Robinson sometimes helped MLK (Martin Luther King). He proved blacks can do things just as good as white people. He proved that because he played baseball as good as the other white players. He didn't just play baseball. He also did speeches and other things to help the civil rights movement.