Jackie Robinson (AMAZING MLB Baseball Sports Documentary)

Jackie Robinson (AMAZING MLB Baseball Sports Documentary) On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made history when he stepped onto the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ebbets Field as the first African American to play in a Major League Baseball game. The controversial decision to put a black man on a major league team prompted a barrage of criticism and initially led to Robinson’s mistreatment by fans and fellow players alike. Robinson endured that discrimination and rose above it, going on to win Rookie of the Year in 1947 as well as the National League MVP Award in 1949. Hailed as a civil rights pioneer, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Robinson was also the first African American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.