Jackie Robinson Timeline of Events

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947...

Timeline of Events

1944

7.6.1944

2LT Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.

1945

10.30.1945

Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier.

1947

4.15.1947

Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

7.5.1947

Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League. (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.)