Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1919, Jan. 31 | Born, Cairo, Ga. |
| 1939-1941 | Attended University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.; first school athlete to letter in four sports |
| 1942-1944 | Second lieutenant, cavalry, United States Army |
| 1945 | Played baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs, Negro National League Signed contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1946 | Married Rachel A. Isum First African American to play professional baseball in the twentieth century; joined the Montreal Royals, a minor league affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1947 | Promoted to the Brooklyn Dodgers breaking the major league color barrier Rookie of the Year award |
| 1947-1956 | Played major league baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1949 | National League Most Valuable Player award |
| 1950 | Motion picture, The Jackie Robinson Story |
| 1956 | Awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal |
| 1957 | Retired from professional baseball after being traded to the New York Giants Chairman, NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund |
| 1957-1964 | Vice president, Chock Full O'Nuts |
| 1962 | Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y. |
| 1964 | Published Baseball Has Done It, edited by Charles Dexter (Philadelphia: Lippincott. 216 pp.) |
| 1964-1972 | Founder and chairman of the board, Freedom National Bank of New York |
| 1965 | Published with Alfred Duckett Breakthrough to the Big League (New York: Harper & Row. 178 pp.) |
| 1966-1968 | Special assistant for community affairs to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller |
| 1972 | Published with Alfred Duckett I Never Had It Made (New York: Putnam. 287 pp.) |
| 1972, Oct. 24 | Died, Stamford, Conn. |
| 1984 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumously) |
| 1997 | Major League Baseball retired Robinson's number forty-two in perpetuity (posthumously) |