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Jackie Robinson: A Hero
You have to have lots of courage to be the first Negro in Major League baseball player in over sixty years. But Jackie Robinson did just that. After graduating from Pasadena Junior College Jackie attended UCLA for free because of his skills on the field. That helped him get into Major League Baseball which made him a hero. That is not the only thing that made him a hero though.

Jackie Robinson was born January 31,1919. He experienced his first look at racism when he was only eight years old. When he was young, he was part of a sports gang called the pepper street gang. When the gang began to age, they found themselves less time playing sports and more time getting into trouble. All of this helped him become an American hero.
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