Jackie Robinson

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civil rights activist human professional baseball player

Jackie Robinson was a pioneering American baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 and became a symbol of the civil rights movement.

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Label Occurrences
Jackie Robinson canonical 62
Jack Roosevelt Robinson 1
Jackie Robinson (42, retired league-wide) 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional baseball player ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
National League Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
National League batting champion ⓘ
surface form: National League batting title

Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
burialPlace Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child David Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Jr. ⓘ
Sharon Robinson ⓘ
coAuthor Alfred Duckett ⓘ
collegeAttended University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: UCLA
commemorativeDay Jackie Robinson Day ⓘ
commemorativeDayDate April 15 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-01-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-10-24 ⓘ
educatedAt John Muir High School ⓘ
Pasadena Junior College ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Robinson ⓘ
fieldOfWork racial integration in sports ⓘ
fullName Jackie Robinson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jack Roosevelt Robinson
givenName Jack ⓘ
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
honoredBy retirement of jersey number 42 across MLB in 1997 ⓘ
inductedIntoHallOfFame 1962 ⓘ
inspired integration of professional sports in the United States ⓘ
jerseyNumber 42 ⓘ
knownFor breaking the MLB color barrier ⓘ
symbol of the civil rights movement ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
Negro Leagues ⓘ
middleName Roosevelt ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1947-04-15 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
MLBNumberRetired 42 ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableEvent broke Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947 ⓘ
notableWork I Never Had It Made ⓘ
numberRetiredBy all Major League Baseball teams ⓘ
occupation baseball player ⓘ
civil rights advocate ⓘ
sports executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cairo, Georgia, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Stamford, Connecticut, United States
playedCollegeSport college baseball at UCLA ⓘ
college basketball at UCLA ⓘ
college football at UCLA ⓘ
track and field at UCLA ⓘ
portrayedBy Chadwick Boseman ⓘ
positionPlayed first baseman ⓘ
outfielder ⓘ
second baseman ⓘ
shortstop ⓘ
third baseman ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
spouse Rachel Robinson ⓘ
subjectOf film "42" ⓘ
team Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers

Kansas City Monarchs (baseball) ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City Monarchs
throws right ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Los Angeles Dodgers → notablePlayer → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Los Angeles Dodgers → hasHallOfFamer → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Spingarn Medal → notableRecipient → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Chadwick Boseman → portrayed → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters → notablePersonFeatured → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Detroit Tigers → retiredNumberHonoree → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Milwaukee Brewers → retiredNumberPerson → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson → fullName → Jackie Robinson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Pee Wee Reese → teammateOf → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Roy Campanella → notableTeammate → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Ebbets Field → notableEvent → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jackie Robinson’s MLB debut
National League Rookie of the Year Award → firstWinner → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
American League Rookie of the Year → firstWinner → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Mack Robinson → sibling → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Mack Robinson → relative → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
UCLA Bruins baseball → stadiumNamesake → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Kansas City Monarchs (baseball) → notablePlayer → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansas City Monarchs
Jackie Robinson Ballpark → namedAfter → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States → hasNotableBurial → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
subject surface form: Cypress Hills Cemetery
Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jackie Robinson (commemorative recognition via award context)
Rookie of the Year Award → firstRecipient → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Rookie of the Year Award → namedAfter → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Rookie of the Year Award → hasNotableRecipient → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Jr. → father → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
1955 World Series → notablePlayer → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Alfred Duckett → collaboratedWith → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Cairo, Georgia, United States → hasNotablePerson → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Cairo, Georgia, United States → birthplaceOf → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Day → follows → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Day → namedAfter → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Day → mainSubject → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Sharon Robinson → father → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Sharon Robinson → hasWrittenAbout → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
I Never Had It Made → author → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
I Never Had It Made → mainSubject → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
I Never Had It Made → titleCharacter → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
film "42" → mainSubject → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
subject surface form: 42
film "42" → portrays → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
subject surface form: 42
Rachel Robinson → spouse → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Rotunda → namedAfter → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Rotunda → dedicatedTo → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year → notableRecipient → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
David Robinson → father → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
David Robinson → relative → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Pasadena Junior College → almaMaterOf → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
Pasadena Junior College → hasNotableAlumnus → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
AZD → retiredNumberHonoree → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
subject surface form: Arizona Diamondbacks
John Muir High School → notableAlumnus → Jackie Robinson ⓘ
John Muir High School → almaMaterOf → Jackie Robinson ⓘ