Jackie Robinson, baseball player, 1947-1968

Item Overview

Title

Jackie Robinson, baseball player, 1947-1968

Alternative title

Prominent Individuals featured in African American Periodicals

Date Created

[1947-1968]

Date

1947/1968

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Portrait of Jackie Robinson.

Caption

Photograph caption: Jackie Robinson, born in Cairo, Georgia, January 31, 1919; first negro to play in major league baseball, 1947; Most Valuable Player Award, 1959; former vice president of Chock Full O’Nuts; baseball commentator in ABC-TV; author of Baseball Has Done It.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Robinson, Jackie,1919-1972

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American baseball players