Famous Firsts

Good morning Obots! Today's famous first is the legendary Jackie Robinson. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, Mallie Robinson, single-handedly raised Jackie and her four other children. From this humble beginning would grow the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread | Famous Firsts: Blacks in Major League Baseball