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She and Jackie had three children: Jackie Robinson Jr. (1946–1971), Sharon Robinson (b. 1950), and David Robinson (b. 1952). [1] Robinson's family gravesite in Cypress Hills Cemetery. Robinson is buried alongside his mother-in-law Zellee Isum and his son Jackie Robinson Jr.
Mr. Casilla was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1982. Mr. Casilla has illustrated several books for children, including biographies of Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
ValueTales is a series of 43 simple biographical children's books published primarily by the now-defunct Value Communications, Inc. in La Jolla, California.They were written by Dr. Spencer Johnson and Ann Donegan Johnson, and illustrated by Stephen Pileggi.
The grandson of a slave, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Cairo, Ga. After his father left, his mother moved the family to Calif., where Jackie excelled in high school sports.
They had three children, named Jackie Robinson Jr. (1946–1971), who died in an automobile crash in 1971 at age 24, Sharon Robinson (born 1950) and David Robinson (born 1952), who currently has ten children. [3] After Jackie Robinson's retirement from baseball following the 1956 season, Rachel Robinson further pursued her nursing career ...
Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 ...