Table of Contents A Tough Childhood Sports Star Negro Leagues Making History Facing Hate Fighting for Rights A Lasting Legacy Big Dates in Jackie's Life Words to Know Index 4 6 8 10 14 16 18 22 23 24
4 A Tough Childhood Jackie Robinson had a very hard childhood His father left the family a year after Jackie was born in Cairo Georgia on January 31 1919 Jackie moved with his mother and four older siblings to Pasadena California Jackie was not even 2-years old when the family moved
The family was very poor There weren't many Black people in Pasadena Jackie and his friends were often left out of sports and other activities 5
