Jackie Robinson

The Liturgists Podcast

The Liturgists

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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An American professional baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers 1955 World Series championship. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, and in 1997 his number, 42, was retired across all major league baseball teams. Let's talk about Jackie Robinson. If you like this podcast, join The Liturgists to receive even more content like this and talk with other liturgists via our weekly video chat.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the liturgist podcast.
0:04.4	You are now listening to Black History is American History.
0:22.5	I'm William Matthews.
0:23.5	Hey, I'm propaganda.
0:24.5	I'm Nikki Black.
0:26.3	And I'm Andre Henry.
0:28.3	Today's moment in Black History, Jackie Robinson.
0:33.1	Jack Roosevelt Robinson, born January 31st, 1919 was an American professional baseball
0:39.1	player who became the first African American to play in major league baseball in the modern
0:43.8	era.
0:45.3	And might I add was from Pasadena, California, West Coast, or 626.
0:49.6	I'm saying here we found it.
0:52.7	Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn
0:56.6	Dodgers on April 15th, 1947.
1:00.4	When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation and professional
1:06.0	baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.
1:12.6	Robinson was introduced into the baseball hall of fame in 1962.
1:16.2	And as a side note for the Negro League, they had really cool logos.
1:20.9	Anyway.
1:23.5	Robinson is 10 year MLB career.
1:26.2	Robinson won the inaugural Wookie of the Year award in 1947 was an all star for six consecutive
1:33.5	seasons from 1949 through 1954.
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