Talk:Jackie Robinson/Archive 3

African American
I've removed most instances of "African American" on the page because it's not entirely true. Robinson didn't just break the color barrier for African Americans- he broke it for all people with dark skin. Several football players today would appear to be "African American", but are actually from American Samoa. Besides, there are also non-black Africans- Egyptians and Libyans (among other people in northern Africa) are Arabic, and some Africans are white. Ernie Els and Nick Price are from South Africa and Zimbabwe respectively, and they're both white. Therefore, saying "African American" is not an all-encompassing term, whereas "black" is much more so. The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk) 17:05, 18 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Moses Fleetwood Walker played for the American Association, then a major league, in 1884, so I reverted the "1880" edit.


 * Regarding "African American" vs. "black," neither term is wholly satisfactory. Very light-skinned players were barred if they were known to have black slave ancestry, while much darker-skinned players were sometimes allowed to play on the premise, true or false, that they were "Cuban."  However, you're probably right that an Australian aborigine would have been barred, and I agree that there is no known case of an American of Egyptian, Libyan, or other Saharan African ancestry being barred, so "African-American" is at least as inadequate as "black" to describe who was excluded.  Pirate Dan (talk) 20:47, 18 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I think I found a basketball player (his name is escaping me now... I don't feel like looking it up again) from Cape Verde who played before basketball integrated in 1950. Cape Verdeans are half Portuguese and half Arabic in origin, but their physical appearance is more Arabic than anything else.  Don't know if that makes a difference or not.  The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk) 20:44, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

I believe there are some instances in the article where the term "Negro" is used in passages that refer to times when that word would have been in common use but which are not in fact quotes. It might be best to amend this to Black, African-American, or whatever the concensus from the above discussion may be. PurpleChez (talk) 20:03, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Robinson's Racism
Robinson's refusal to participate in old-time games and other events because of the lack of black players, coaches, and managers reveals that he was no less racist than those who controlled baseball prior to April 15, 1947, the date on which he entered the game. He apparently believed that it was entirely acceptable to select baseball personnel on the basis of race; he merely disagreed on which race was entitled to the favored position.

Regarding the equality of the races in baseball, there is a larger issue which should be considered, either in this article or another. That is the declining number of blacks who are participating in major league baseball, regardless of any effort to recruit them. Possible reasons for this might include the extraordinarily high rate of out-of-wedlock births in the black community (estimated at 69% according to the Statistical Abstract of the United States) and the consequent absence of meaningful father-son relationships through which interest in baseball is normally passed down.John Paul Parks (talk) 16:01, 18 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Allegations that Robinson was a racist should be included only if properly sourced. If Robinson refused to play in old-timers' games because he believed blacks were unfairly excluded from them, that of course is no evidence whatsoever that he was racist against whites or thought that participants in such games should be chosen on the basis of race rather than merit.  Robinson was close friends with many of his white teammates, particularly Pee Wee Reese.


 * Ill-informed speculation as to the cause of lower black recruitment today is, of course, irrelevant to improving the Jackie Robinson article. Pirate Dan (talk) 21:22, 18 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Pirate Dan!!! PurpleChez (talk) 20:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 71.189.212.53, 12 January 2011
Please remove the offensive work "fuckin" from the body of the text. It is a quote from a person other than Jackie Robinson, and does a dis-service to young readers. It serves no purpose and I am appalled someone allowed it for obviously uneducated reasons.

71.189.212.53 (talk) 07:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC) Not done:The governing policy here is WP:NOTCENSORED. In general, we don't censor Wikipedia, including the use of expletives, sexual issues, religious prohibitions, etc. The rules do require that the use of potentially offensive information have encyclopedic value and not be there merely to titillate, and I believe that that requirement is met here. The use of the expletive is natural speech, and shows the emotional intensity the coach was speaking with. Since we are not allowed to edit quotes, our only option would be to remove the whole thing, and, as a whole, it seems fairly necessary to explain the racial tensions and the coach's refusal to bow to them. As such, I think the quote, including the potentially offensive word needs to stay. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Awards and recognition: The 42 (number)
I'd heard that on one occasion when there was an anonymous threat to gun down Robinson on the field with a sniper rifle from above, one Dodger player suggested that they all wear his number to make it difficult for the assassin. As Robinson would, obviously, still be rather easy to identify, it isn't very logical, but the suggestion still speaks volumes about the team's unity. If such an incident can be documented, it would complement the section about the recent practice of numerous players wearing 42 (number) on certain days to honor Robinson. WHPratt (talk) 17:38, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

See Jackie Robinson Day and 42 (number) Mwprods (talk) 22:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)mwprods

I recall another situation a few years ago when one of the players (I think it was a Cincinnati player, maybe Deion Sanders) had his uniform sleeves cut to an odd length in emulation of the way that Robinson wore his. The umpires explained that sleeve length had to be uniform, so the rest of the team responded by having their sleeves tailored similarly, for at least one game. WHPratt (talk) 17:38, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Among the recognition accorded Jackie's legacy in the US, two more that might be included in the article are the Harlem YMCA's Jackie Robinson Youth Center on West 135th St. and, across the country, The Jackie Robinson Family YMCA of San Diego County. Mwprods (talk) 23:14, 1 August 2012 (UTC)mwprods

Montreal
On Feb. 28, 2011, the government of the United States unveiled a plaque outside a home located at 8232 avenue de Gaspé in Montreal. This address was the home of baseball great Jackie Robinson back in 1946 when the late slugger played for the Montreal Royals of the Triple A International League. Robinson later went to the Brooklyn Dodgers, and was the first African-American to play professional baseball.

The announcement of the commemoration was made on Feb. 25, 2011 by the Consulate General of the United States in Montreal. The event was timed to coincide with Black History Month.

Present at the unveiling was David Jacobson, the American Ambassador to Canada, Lee McClenny, the US Consul General stationed in Montreal, Line Beauchamp, the Quebec Minister of Education, Leisure and Sport, Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay and Sharon Robinson, Jackie’s daughter.

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Typo in footnote 172 pp.
66.234.33.8 (talk) 15:31, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

5 not 4 AfrIcan American (s) on UCLA
Please check your sources: Woody Strode was on the team. He wrote an autobiography. The article neglects to mention Johnny Wynne. ......going from memory its page 36. I mean you really have to look at the autobiography of a player who was on the team. I looked at the archives there is nothing about this. Also another source that says four is wrong and lists Johnny Wynne:
 * Strode, Woody; with Young, Sam (1990) Goal Dust. Lanham, MD:Madison Books. ISBN 0-8191-7680-X
 * Demas, Lane (2010). Integrating the Gridiron:Black Civil Rights and American College Football. New Brunswick, NJ:Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4741-1

Furthermore check out Bert Bell discussion page. I clearly dispute there only being four. This is 1939 so it would be a herculean task to say and find a verifiable source that says that he was not on the roster because he did not play in X amount of games. Demas clearly flat out says Wynne was suited up for a game. The source in this article looks to be outdated and flat out wrong. I think it was really an omission not to look at Strode's autobiography. And btw, I, literally, copy, almost verbatim, the style and the words of this article.

I mean you really have to look at Woody Strode's autobiography.

This arguably has nothing to do with Jackie Robinson. But, if you look into Jim Brown and Paul Brown, it has more to do with UCLA then anything else. Johnny Wynne made the team, simply and arguably, because he was good enough to make the team. The same really can not be said of Robinson or Kenny Washington. 66.234.33.8 (talk) 23:03, 8 June 2011 (UTC) He has done a lot of thing to change the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.222.90.245 (talk) 04:25, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Friends
Jackie Robinson had many friends throughout his life. One of his friends was Gloria Bartlett Maynas, in UCLA and later in Hawaii, where Ray Bartlett and Jackie played football. Ray Isum went to school with Jackie, and became Jackie’s brother-in-law when the ball player married Ray’s sister, Rachel. On the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson had a few friends, but his favorites was shortstop Pee Wee Reese. Pee Wee Reese's actual name was Harold Peter Henry Reese. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers along with Jackie Robinson. Of all the things Reese is famous for, his support of his teammate Jackie Robinson is one of the greatest.

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Teammates
All of Jackie Robinson's teammates were opinionated about his being allowed into the Major Leagues. In fact, four dodgers were asked to be traded when it was known that Jackie was joining the MLB (Major league baseball). Dmeek7750 (talk) 14:31, 14 March 2012 (UTC) dmeek7750. Bruce Edwards didn't like him and reportedly ran in to Robinson at spring training. Also, teammate Carl Furillo did not like him. Also, Dixie Walker, another teammate, was against Robinson's color-barrier breaking. The fist teammate to stand up for him was Eddie Stanky. Not long after he stood up for him, many other teammates did, too. Dmeek7750 (talk) 14:26, 14 March 2012 (UTC)dmeek7750 Manager Branch Rickey was very "for" robinsons addition to the team. Also, PeeWee Reese was another player who liked Robinson. He reportedly stood up for Jackie when he was being treated wrongly. Its ironic that PeeWee Reese liked Robinson because he was from the south,a historically anti-integration group of states. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Connorw112 (talk • contribs) 18:39, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Additional Citations
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Famous Quotes by Jackie Robinson
"I’m glad of one thing, and that is, I don’t have to hit against Dutch Leonard every day. Man, what a knuckle ball that fellow has. It comes up, makes a face at you, then runs away.” Jackie Robinson

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson

"Above anything else, I hate to lose." Jackie Robinson

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead." Jackie Robinson

"How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts." Jackie Robinson

"I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label." Jackie Robinson

"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." Jackie Robinson

"It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first." Jackie Robinson

"Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life." Jackie Robinson

"Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade." Jackie Robinson

"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time." Jackie Robinson

"The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it." Jackie Robinson

"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free." Jackie Robinson

"This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done." Jackie Robinson

Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jackie_robinson.html#ixzz1pBjpi0xy

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Family
When Jackie was young, he was raised only by his mother, because his father had ran off long before. His brother, Mack he called him, was a star player in many sports, setting records for the track and field teams in the area. Young Jackie wanted to grow up to be just like his best role model, Mack.After baseball long after he grew up, Dmeek7750 (talk) 12:38, 23 March 2012 (UTC)Jackie Robinson was quite the family man when he was around. In "Testing the Ice" written by Sharon Robinson, his daughter, she writes how she felt about her dad. Sharon wrote how her father would go out to check the ice every Winter on their pond. Even though Jackie couldn't swim, he would still put his boots and winter clothes, head outside, and make sure the ice was safe for his kids to play on. Sharon and her siblings were always worried that their dad would fall through, but he never did. Even though he may not have been around as much as his kids would have liked, Jackie Robinson was still a great dad, always trying to make a better future for his kids.

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Robinsons's Life in Baseball
Robinson was a huge breakthrough when he came into baseball in 1947. He was discriminated against so much he that he had to promise Branch Rickey,the owner of the Broklyn in 1947, that he would not react to these racist comments and slurs. Jackie many times let his feelings take over and he was about to react when he remembered what he promised Rickey. When the word became public that Jackie would join the team, four of the players asked to be traded. This showes how badly Jackie was treated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajhbaseball99 (talk • contribs) 12:59, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Since Jackie was the first African-American to enter baseball, he had to go through a lifetime's worth of humiliation. When he played. many of his teammates would not sit next to him on the bench, and did other things that may have seemed minor, but were still racist. The reason that Rickey signed Jackie was because he thought it was time for things to change. World War II had just ended and Rickey wanted a change in the history of baseball.

Edit request on 16 April 2012
Robinson broke the baseball color line when he was signed-up by the Montreal Royals in 1946

50.70.4.218 (talk) 21:35, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 02:56, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Broadway musical tribute
Perhaps consider adding info in article about the short-lived Broadway musical version of Jackie's life entitled The First, which ran for some 33 performances on Broadway in Nov-Dec., 1981 featuring David Alan Grier as Jackie. Written by Joel Siegel and composed by Martin Charnin of Annie fame. Mwprods (talk) 20:41, 31 July 2012 (UTC)mwprods

JR
Jr is jackie robinsons initials. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.59.242.53 (talk) 23:36, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

"42" edit in header paragraph
Howdy! I noticed that the link to "42" in the sentence "In 1997, Major League Baseball "universally" retired his uniform number, 42, across all major league teams; the first pro athlete in any sport to be so honored." in the second paragraph of the header leads to the page for the year 42 AD and not to, say, "42 (number)". Perhaps someone should fix that? -- 66.92.0.62 (talk) 03:33, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request of other information about Jackie Robinson
Just in case people don't understand information they have another scource to back up or explain information. http://decades.sirs.com/decadesweb/decades/do/reference?urn=urn%3Abigchalk%3AUS%3BBCLib%3Bdocument%3B48801732 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zdoubl6180 (talk • contribs) 19:33, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Edits to Breaking the Color Barrier (1947)
(This edit should be inserted in the third paragraph after the second sentence in Breaking the Color Barrier 1947) Also, pitchers would through curve balls dangerously close to Jackie's head to make him fear them. In addition, white fans would throw trash at Jackie and shout racist names and comments whenever he took the field. Fans did not ever want him around in their white league and interfere with their segregation.|title=Baseball's Best|year=1990|publisher=Random House Children's Books|location=New York|isbn=0-394-90983-6|pages=28-29}} Dmille6255 (talk) 15:50, 24 January 2013 (UTC)Dmille6255

Edit about future Jackie Robinson Movie in April 2013
There is a biographical movie about Jackie Robinson coming to theaters in April 2013. It is about jackie's rough life because of segregation and racism. The film is directed by Brian Helgeland. It stars Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford and Alan Tudyk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zdoubl6180 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Jackie Robinson Quotes
"After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that." - Reggie Jackson

"After the game, Jackie Robinson came into our clubhouse and shook my hand. He said, 'You're a helluva ballplayer and you've got a great future.' I thought that was a classy gesture, one I wasn't then capable of making. I was a bad loser. What meant even more was what Jackie told the press, '(Mickey) Mantle beat us. He was the difference between the two teams. They didn't miss (Joe) DiMaggio.' I have to admit, I became a Jackie Robinson fan on the spot. And when I think of that world Series, his gesture is what comes to mind. Here was a player who had without doubt suffered more abuse and more taunts and more hatred than any player in the history of the game. And he had made a special effort to compliment and encourage a young white kid from Oklahoma." - Mickey Mantle

"All of us had to wait for Jackie (Robinson)." - Pitcher Joe Black

"Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson." - Willie Mays

"Give me five players like (Jackie) Robinson and a pitcher and I'll beat any nine-man team in baseball." - Manager Chuck Dressen

"He led America by example. He reminded our people of what was right and he reminded them of what was wrong. I think it can be safely said today that Jackie Robinson made the United States a better nation." - American League President Gene Budig "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." -Jackie Robinson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zdoubl6180 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quojckr.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zdoubl6180 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Need to correct spelling
Sam Huston college is not correct. I'm not sure if this should be Hutson-Tilliston or Sam Houston, but Sam Huston has to be wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.170.39.72 (talk) 17:09, 22 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Huston is correct. It's the former incarnation of Huston-Tillotson College.  No relation to Sam Houston, Texas president. BillTunell (talk) 05:32, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Another spelling issue: "The reporter, concerned about projecting Hyland's anonymity and job, in turn leaked it to his Tribune colleague and editor," should be protecting, not projecting.
 * Fixed. Thanks for alerting us to the problem. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 13:25, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Minor edit regarding minor league debut against the Dodgers
The article stated, "Robinson thus simultaneously became the first black player to openly play for a minor league team and against a major league

Movie link
While the film 42 is "a current event" I think it makes sense to put a link to the film at the top of his page. After the movie "runs it's course" then I'd be in favor of then spider man saved the day removing it. Perhaps until a few months after it is released on video. I also fixed what looked to be a faulty ref tag in the recognition section. Wjmummert (KA-BOOOOM!!!!) 18:40, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Addition to Portrayals on stage, film and television
Keith David played Jackie Robinson in the 1995 film "Blue in the Face"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ncross01 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Second Base was not the only Position Jackie Played during the period described
According to: Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130415/jackie-robinson-the-player-brooklyn-dodgers/#ixzz2QfAdUmee sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130415/jackie-robinson-the-player-brooklyn-dodgers/

"Robinson only remained at second base through the 1952 season, however. In 1953, he was pushed off the position by the arrival of 24-year-old Jim "Junior" Gilliam, who won that year's Rookie of the Year award and would be an institution in the Dodgers infield through 1966. Gilliam's arrival resulted in Robinson splitting most of his remaining days in the major leagues between third base and leftfield while serving as something of an everyday utility player for the Dodgers, ultimately making starts at every position except centerfield, pitcher and catcher. Indeed, when Robinson made his fifth and final All-Star game start in 1954, he did it in leftfield. Ultimately, Robinson spent just five of his 10 major league seasons as the Dodgers' primary second baseman."

I do not know how to properly correct the information on the article so any feedback would be appreciated

Topio (talk) 21:36, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

He still played more at second base than anywhere else, something like 57% of his defensive games. WHPratt (talk) 13:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

It's interesting that Jim Gilliam emulated Robinson in this respect: later in his career, Gilliam played regularly, but divided his time between second, third and left field, to accommodate new Dodgers as they arrived on the scene. WHPratt (talk) 14:56, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

jackie's wife
according to several online sources, Jackie met his future wife in elementary school, not College like it states in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.12.58.129 (talk) 06:59, 30 July 2013 (UTC)


 * All published sources are consistent in dating their meeting to college, including Robinson's autobiography. BillTunell (talk) 05:36, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Number 42, Mariano Rivera
I think someone should change the wikipedia page to show that Mariano Rivera has now officially retired, the season is over. It says he will retire at the end of the year and he already did retire so now no one in the MLB has the number 42. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.123.213.223 (talk) 05:29, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 January 2014
quick easy edit, under the subheading of "Awards and Recognition" it states that

"The Yankees' Mariano Rivera, who will retire at the end of the 2013 season,[254][255] is the last player in Major League Baseball to wear jersey number 42 on a regular basis."

the text should be edited to state

"The Yankees' Mariano Rivera, who retired at the end of the 2013 season,[254][255] was the last player in Major League Baseball to wear jersey number 42 on a regular basis."

as Rivera has now retired.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Rivera

Thanks!

24.114.75.115 (talk) 07:43, 10 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done, thanks! -- El Hef  ( Meep? ) 01:26, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Jackie Robinson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.202.240.236 (talk) 17:56, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Jackie's Religion
Jackie Robinson was a Methodist. This should be added somewhere in the article.


 * Already mentioned. --Musdan77 (talk) 23:54, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Moses Fleetwood Walker
Should there not be some reference somewhere here to claim than Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first African American to play Major League Baseball? Nyth83 (talk)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 October 2014
In the section "major leagues" "breaking the color barrier 1947" 4th paragraph, after 1st sentence please insert:

"Jackie credited Lee "Jeep" Handley with being the first major league opposing player to show him support. In his book The Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Roger Kahn related a story Jackie once told him. Quoting Jackie he wrote, "that the first opposing player who wished him well was Jeep Handley, who played infield for the Phillies in 1947. "Hank Greenberg talked to me too, but Handley was the first."

the citation is here: http://articles.mcall.com/2003-04-22/sports/3475822_1_jackie-robinson-lee-handley-seminick

please email me at mhandleyesq@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you Mike Handley

Mhandley1 (talk) 02:46, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Cannolis (talk) 21:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

New NEWS today, for future editing
Jackie Robinson honored at UCLA Headline-1: UCLA retires Jackie Robinson's No. 42 across all sports QUOTE: "Late in the first quarter of the rivalry game between No. 9 UCLA and No. 19 USC, UCLA athletics made an announcement that they would honor Jackie Robinson by retiring No. 42 across all varsity sports. The announcement comes just one day after UCLA celebrated the 75th anniversary of Robinson's arrival on campus. The celebration at Drake Stadium culminated with the naming of a series of athletic facilities in his honor. The No. 42, worn by the football team on their helmets during Saturday's game, will be a prominent focal point in each venue." -- AstroU (talk) 06:48, 23 November 2014 (UTC) -- PS: FYI for future editing.
 * http://www.foxsports.com/west/story/ucla-retires-jackie-robinson-s-no-42-across-all-sports-112214

Headline-2: UCLA honors Jackie Robinson by retiring number 42 across all sports QUOTE: "With UCLA players wearing number 42 on their helmets and Robinson’s iconic number 42 painted onto the Rose Bowl field, UCLA made the announcement during the break between the first and second quarters of its annual crosstown rivalry football game. In conjunction with UCLA, the City of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Committee, the Rose Bowl subsequently unveiled Jackie Robinson’s iconic #42 near the east scoreboard and will make it a permanent fixture in the historic stadium this offseason. Additionally, UCLA will also permanently display Robinson’s number 42 inside each of its athletic competition venues." -- AstroU (talk) 06:54, 23 November 2014 (UTC) -- PS: FYI for additional future editing.
 * http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-honors-jackie-robinson-by-retiring-number-42-across-all-sports

Muir Tech
Jackie Robinson enrolled at Muir Tech in 1933 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kodiakmaniac (talk • contribs) 18:21, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you have a reliable source that gives that enrollment date? The source already in the article (from a biography) supports the 1935 date currently used. Without a source, we have no way of verifying that the year might be wrong. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 02:03, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Regarding Jackie and white organized sports
Jimmy Claxton was the first black man to play organized white baseball in the twentieth century. I feel there should be reference to him somewhere on this page as he is referred on Jimmy Claxton's page. Claxton gets none of the recognition he deserves compared to Robinson all because of tenure and the league of the professional team, however the fact is that Robinson was not the first black man to play an organized white sport let alone baseball. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.67.154.155 (talk) 05:33, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 November 2015
169.139.0.14 (talk) 18:00, 23 November 2015 (UTC) good day.
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Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2018
in "#Breaking_the_color_barrier_(1947)" the article refers to herald tribune editor stanley woodward, but the link is to american diplomat stanley woodward- editor woodward needs an article and the link corrected. Anthonyinsanity (talk) 18:05, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done  Spintendo  ᔦᔭ   18:38, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 17 February 2019
177.58.168.121 (talk) 21:27, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NiciVampireHeart 00:38, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2019
Lucia Garibay (talk) 02:16, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: empty request DannyS712 (talk) 02:19, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Fix Grammar
in Robinson's military career it says, July 6, 1944 derailed Robinson's military career. It should say, July 6, 1944, derailed Robinson's military career.

Bobo12121 (talk) 14:18, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I just made the suggested fix. Thanks for pointing that out, as Manual of Style guidelines do recommend a comma there. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 02:47, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Jackie's age in the '55 World Series...
The copy for '54-'56 does not specifically address the year, but it alludes to him being 37 at the time of the Dodgers' victorious '55 World Series, where he sat Game Seven.

Jackie's DOB is 1/31/19, so, he would have been 36 when he popped off third and stole home in Game One, to Yogi Berra's consternation.

Thanks.

Trophyhead (talk) 19:57, 17 August 2020 (UTC)Trophyhead
 * Fixed. Thanks for bringing that issue up, Trophyhead. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 18:31, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Correcting Grammar
The page says Following Stanky's trade to the Boston Braves in March 1948 when It should say Following Stanky's trade to the Boston Braves on March 1948. Plz fix this
 * Had it listed a specific date in March, then "on" would be correct. However, the text just lists the month of March, so "in" is correct. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 01:32, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 December 2020
The following sentence has a typo: Among those wirh whom Rickey discussed prospects was Wendell Smith, writer for the black weekly Pittsburgh Courier, who, according to Cleveland Indians owner and team president Bill Veeck, "influenced Rickey to take Jack Robinson, for which he's never completely gotten credit."

It should be: Among those with ... 2601:645:8203:F2B0:95DC:B55D:C4B5:4162 (talk) 20:17, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks. Larry Hockett (Talk) 20:26, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Places
I propose to restore this edit. Per MOS:INFOBOX it is appropriate to provide this information at-a-glance. Not all readers are intimately familiar with US geography, particularly given this subject's prominence. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:08, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Here is the deal: users can hover over the city and state and get info including the country. Further, anyone who is reading about Robinson ought to have at least minimal knowledge of the US and its history, as Robinson is mainly known in that context, although he was a great ballplayer of his time, and of all time. Wikipedia tries to avoid clutter and redundancy on article pages.--Quisqualis (talk) 07:09, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * See MOS:NOHOVER and WP:AUDIENCE. We should not assume that everyone reading this article has the background you claim. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:52, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I would find reading Wikipedia most annoying if your nohover were carried out to its full extent. I hover. Just saying. Applied to any one article, it degrades my perception of the article's quality nearly as much as would a typo or subject-verb nonagreement.--Quisqualis (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to point out that the article exists in 45 non-English languages, including Yoruba, Waray and Marathi. If a Basque speaker wishes to read about Robinson, Spanish and French versions exist.--Quisqualis (talk) 16:06, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Not everyone who speaks English is American. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:37, 7 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Not arguing one way or the other at the moment, but 3 questions:
 * 1) Where in MOS:INFOBOX is this addressed specifically? The only reference I could find was in WP:INFOBOXNTLY where it states Most biography infoboxes have nationality and citizenship. Generally, use of either should be avoided when the country to which the subject belongs can be inferred from the country of birth, as specified with However, I could not find where it actually recommended to state the country of birth in said parameter.
 * 2) Can you be more specific where WP:AUDIENCE would support this?
 * MOS:NOHOVER has an "under discussion" tag by it from December 14, so is that settled or not?
 * Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 16:34, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The NOHOVER discussion flagged is with regards to specific templates not in use here. MOS:INFOBOX indicates that the purpose of the template is to identify key facts at a glance - ie not require the reader to go somewhere else to work out whether he was born in Georgia or Georgia. AUDIENCE notes that "Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia. People who read Wikipedia have different backgrounds, education and opinions. Make your article accessible and understandable for as many readers as possible" - as not everyone has knowledge of US and its history, as suggested above. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:37, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing where it "must" be added, and in this case the sixth word of the lede is "American"; OTOH, with the birth state being Georgia & the birth city being Cairo, I can see where the uninformed could be confused. I see no harm, so for me it is an indifferent support. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 01:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)


 * strongly oppose, as this type of thinking, writ large, would have us explaining the game of baseball in the article for those unfamiliar. Most people are resourceful enough to figure things out. I don't favor catering to imaginary snowflakes.--Quisqualis (talk) 03:46, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Clarity in this case does no one any harm, and helps the majority of the world's population. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The majority of the world's literate population reads one of the 45 non-English languages whose Wikipedias have an article on Robinson.--Quisqualis (talk) 19:14, 7 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Strongly oppose. This is the English Wikipedia, not the Simple English Wikipedia.  The country is pragmatically inferable from context.  I concede that this would be a closer call for an American who lived large portions of their life outside of the country, but that is not the case here. --Coolcaesar (talk) 18:05, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * This is the English Wikipedia, not the American Wikipedia. See below. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:28, 7 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment Having Wikipedias in many (311) languages other than English is supposed to make such redundancies unnecessary. Simply because people worldwide seeking publicity flock to the English Wikipedia with their "articles", due to the apparent universality and prestige of the English language, does not mean an average, non-English-speaking, unsophisticated individual, hungry for knowledge outside the US, will opt for having a read on an important subject in the English Wikipedia as their first choice.


 * Are you proposing that the case of an English-speaking, indigenous person in the rural hinterlands, who happens to be on line, yet is flummoxed by the names of the US states, but still prefers to read Robinson's life story on English Wikipedia, is anything more than an occasional occurrence? That person is either in the process of learning the names of US states, or is largely committed to ignoring them altogether (as I do with the Pokemon). Wikipedia is not the only semi-reliable font of knowledge on the planet, and Robinson's basic life story somewhat transcends where he was born and died.--Quisqualis (talk) 19:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ...Wow. I'm struggling to respond to the attitudes on display here with any degree of civility, but to summarize: the US is not the centre of the universe. There are literally millions of people in the world who speak English as a first language who are not American, in addition to all of those who speak English as an additional language who may for whatever reason need or choose to read English Wikipedia. This is why we write for a global audience, not a solely American one. There is no harm in adding a handful of characters to provide clarity that the places listed are in the United States, and no basis to assume that that goes without saying for our readers. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:28, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, so some users flat-out hate your proposal, and give considered, in-depth explanations why we hate it. What makes our positions so odious that you perceive we are courting incivility on your part? You accuse us of having some sort of undesirable attitudes. We have been civil, but it makes you not want to be civil. I see no "attitudes" other than logical thinking and respect for precedent. If you see something else, don't respond to it; it was not intentional. Ought we to say, "OK, fellow editors, Kumbaya and let's dumb down the biobox for Jackie Robinson and somehow save the world's imagined snowflakes."? I guess you were expecting a wall of applause. Sorry to disappoint you, but your argument is not particularly granular or cogent. Not having checked, I ask myself whether you are attempting similar changes on other Wikipedia pages.


 * The US is not the center of the universe, despite media worldwide treating it as such (up until last night, anyway). The more one reads on a subject, with however much difficulty in the beginning, the more familiar one becomes with the subject's conventions. Just by being a Wikipedia editor, I'm much more familiar with Indian geography, culture and politics. I don't develop an empty stare when I read or hear about Odisha or Rama. This comes from having looked at a map and having read about Hindu gods on Wikipedia a few times to familiarize myself when reading and editing in the topic area on English Wikipedia. My guess is that you are a North American trying to imagine the online reading experience of people in other countries. I can tell you one thing: they are resourceful, and can probably find what they are looking for.


 * Consider that, in articles, the standard is now Paris, Cologne and Johannesburg, without giving the country; Cleveland, Orlando and Oakland, without giving the state. Wikipedia aims for concision, and when its readers worldwide have upped their game, adjusts accordingly. The world is getting smarter, thanks to the Internet.


 * I believe you are so very angered because we said "no" to you. Look, if Jackie Robinson's bio details were somehow part of an article, the reading of which might avert future disasters, I might agree with your logic, but they're not. It seems to me logical that you would expect the "handful of characters" to remain in the biobox for all eternity, but the edit you want is unlikely to set any precedent, the way Wikipedia works. and you will only have to get angry all over again, if and when someone reverts you down the road. My suggestion is to play out in your mind a specific and conceivably likely case, step by step, and try to imagine at what point a reader of the English Wikipedia will find themselves in a blind alley, unable to move forward in reading and comprehending Jackie Robinson, due to the missing characters.--Quisqualis (talk) 03:51, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Fully concur with User:Quisqualis. Especially the part about resourcefulness. Your assumption that people can't promptly infer from context is wildly condescending.  As the child of two ESL speakers who are now naturalized citizens of the United States, I know a quite a bit about how speakers of different English dialects and ESL speakers actually read and comprehend English.
 * I've vacationed on six continents twice and I make a point of getting to know people wherever I go. They are a bit smarter than you realize. --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Quisqualis, if you don't see the difference between "dumbing down" and writing for a global audience, I'm not sure I can say anything to help you. I'm not angry because you've said "no" or because I've been reverted, but because your post was astoundingly offensive. I hope you will reconsider your approach.
 * Turning back to the issue at hand: neither of you have presented any reason why the proposal would be harmful, nor put forward any policy- or guideline-based rationale why we should not help out those who don't happen to know that when we say Cairo and Georgia we actually mean the US. Providing country is standard in most bio articles as per the documentation for infobox person; it allows us to give this context at a glance, without requiring readers to be "resourceful" to figure it out. In other words, it helps some and harms none. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:14, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Really? You really want to go there? Okay.
 * Go refresh your memory on WP:NOT: "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information." Specifically, "merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia."  On top of that, "Wikipedia is not a directory," meaning that it is not a "directory of everything in the universe that exists or has existed."  And yes, there is real harm in cluttering up WP with extraneous or redundant information even if it is true.  In case you haven't heard of it, Vox ran an article a year ago on "flooding the zone" and how that's a problem because people have limited time and bandwidth. Which is why we have these clauses in WP:NOT.  The point is to keep WP lean and clean. Especially infoboxes.
 * Also, if we're going to belabor the point, the correct usage in formal written American English is always U.S., not US. I strongly suspect that the foolish trend in British English (and also in the Commonwealth dialects) towards dropping periods in abbreviations is a direct result of the UK's underfunding and incompetent mismanagement of primary and secondary education. I was trying to put aside a Saturday for a visit to a good research library to verify that hypothesis when the COVID-19 pandemic intervened.  It's because of such mismanagement that so many British expats end up as professors and teachers in Silicon Valley. I read Chaucer as a high school senior with a graduate of Cambridge.  --Coolcaesar (talk) 22:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't particularly care whether we use "U.S." or "US" here, if that's really a sticking point for you. But specifying a country for a place in no way qualifies as being a "directory" (really?) or an "indiscriminate collection of information" but rather providing clarity for a detail we're already including. In fact, if you read the rest of WP:NOT: "To provide encyclopedic value, data should be put in context". As to the source you cite, it's not about providing more or less correct detail, but specifically about disinformation. Not to mention you're arguing both that people have "limited bandwidth" but also that people are "resourceful" - if they have limited bandwidth, let's give them the info up front without requiring resourcefulness. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:44, 9 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Question Is your argument that "US" should be added here (a) because both "Cairo" and "Georgia" have well-known alternate international place meanings? or (b) because you believe all infoboxes of highly prominent US subjects ought to contain the "US", regarless of the particular city and state? Thanks, JonP125 (talk) 15:10, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * This page is only for discussing improvements to this specific article. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:41, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Right, Argument B would need to be taken up at a higher level. So since you are arguing for A, perhaps one option might be to put the "US" after the birth place Cairo, Georgia, but omit it after the death place Stamford, Connecticut, and to put the "US" in parentheses "Cairo, Georgia (US)". The use of parentheses combined with the omission of the country name after the death place might be an effective signal to readers and future editors that the purpose of adding the country name after the birth place is related to the potential confusion regarding the specific place name "Cairo, Georgia", and is not needed for all US place names in this or other articles. JonP125 (talk) 16:54, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I fully support this suggestion/proposal of JonP125:
 * [P]ut the "US" after the birth place Cairo, Georgia, but omit it after the death place Stamford, Connecticut, and to put the "US" in parentheses "Cairo, Georgia (US)". The use of parentheses combined with the omission of the country name after the death place might be an effective signal to readers and future editors that the purpose of adding the country name after the birth place is related to the potential confusion regarding the specific place name "Cairo, Georgia", and is not needed for all US place names in this or other articles.--Quisqualis (talk) 15:05, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I strongly disagree with JonP125's proposal because it's asking casual readers to infer way too much. --Coolcaesar (talk) 17:25, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Casual readers have no need to make any inference about why something is formatted in a non-standard way; they just need the information. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:23, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Add Cultural Depiction Request
Someone please add that Robinson is depicted in the artwork Our Nation's 200th Birthday, The Telephone's 100th Birthday (1976) by Stanley Meltzoff for Bell System https://www.jklmuseum.com/tag/stanley-meltzoff/ 47.152.71.253 (talk) 22:08, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure the phone book cover is notable for inclusion (I'm going off of the NYT obit ), but I'll let others chime in if they want. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 00:25, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The artwork was commissioned by Bell for its telephone book, however, the fact Meltzoff chose Robinson over the far better-known Babe Ruth is an indicator of the impact Robinson had on society. And it's a real neat slice of Americana, IMHO. Rgrds. 47.152.71.253 (talk) 19:43, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with the implication you're making, and I would encourage you if you want to add that to the Stanley Meltzoff article. But I'm not seeing how this is significant to Jackie.  Robinson has many awards & recognition in his name and I read through them, and relative to those, I would not consider this notable for this article. If you want more input, you can make this request again placing the  template at the top of this section.  Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 04:18, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I agree with Bison. If we listed every publication Jackie Robinson appeared on the cover of or otherwise appeared in during his life and beyond, we wouldn't have room for anything else. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 17:18, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2021
Granddaughter can be known as Brooklyn Robinson 69.92.193.89 (talk) 01:31, 27 June 2021 (UTC)
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Infobox mistake
Just letting someone with the proper privileges know that the infobox says Robinson debuted in 1945 for the MLB with a Negro Leagues team and in 1947 for the NL with an MLB team, you might want to switch those two around. Thanks a bunch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.47.90.37 (talk) 10:37, July 1, 2021 (UTC)
 * Fixed, thanks for pointing that out. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:45, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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JACKIE ROBINSON JUNIOR COLLEGE LONG JUMP
The article states that at Pasadena Junior College, Jackie Robinson broke his brother Mack's broad jump (long jump) school record. This was in 1938 and is true, but Mack's record was the National Junior College Record - a far more impressive achievement than a school record. Jackie Robinson's jump was 25'6 1/2 (7.78m) and earned him a place at the national championships (AAU) for 1938 where he finished third. At UCLA in 1940, he was 4th in the world rankings for the year with a 25' jump, won the NCAA championships and would most likely have been in the US Olympic team had a games occurred. But his 1938 jump as a 19 year old was better than his 1940 performances and perhaps deserves a mention on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulrobertking (talk • contribs) 08:54, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm in agreement that it is worthy of a mention, since a national record is more notable than a school record. I was able to find a good source to back up the national mark and added it to the Pasadena section. Thanks for bringing that up, Paul. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 20:46, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Free or non-free use image
Whether and image is free or non-free use is really not of import. 07:00, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The status of the image is of great importance, as the non-free content criteria are policy due to the fact that we are a free content encyclopedia and should keep non-free media to a minimum. I fail to see how a non-free image of a statue is needed for this article when a free memorial image exists in the same section. That seems like it comes in conflict with multiple aspects of the non-free content criteria. I'll leave this for others to comment on or address, but I think there's a good case to be made that the use of the image you added isn't valid. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 00:19, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Civil Rights Act of 1964
The article says Jackie Robinson was angered by conservative Republicans opposition to the Civil Rights Act. According to the recorded vote, 83 of 91 Southern Democrats in the House and 20 of 21 Southern Democrats in the Senate voted against the bill. There were 12 Southern Republicans (of 12) who did vote against the bill, but they were dwarfed by the 163 Northern Republicans who voted in favor. I suspect someone was either (A) lazy and just assumed it was conservative Republicans in opposition, or (B) intentionally misleading to advance the false narrative that all Republicans are racists. 2600:387:C:2D15:0:0:0:3 (talk) 13:08, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * The given source claims that it was Goldwater's nomination over Rockefeller that turned him Democrat. It mentions later that the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act was voted down, but that is different than opposing or supporting the Act itself, I guess.  Might be a bit of WP:SYNTH. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 14:26, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Having had a chance to look at the source provided, I reworded the article to be more in line with what is stated in the source. I did leave in a mention of Goldwater opposing the Civil Rights Act, since that is mentioned in the source and is useful for context. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 17:54, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Huh?
“According to a press report, the St. Louis Cardinals threatened to strike if Robinson played and to spread the walkout across the entire National League.”

and to spread? --71.178.245.28 (talk) 15:42, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Cleaned this up slightly to improve the grammar. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 18:20, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 December 2022
Nancyjones14 (talk) 02:35, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Social Development for Black Americans

While Jackie Robinson is most well known for his baseball career on the Dodgers, Robinson also played an influential role in the fight against racism and discrimination within the United States. Robinson faced a great deal of discrimination while completing his time on the Dodgers, and these exclusionary and insulting behaviors furthered an interest in the Civil Rights movement. In a piece included in the New England Bulletin, it is discussed how the state of Georgia “prohibited Negros and whites from sitting together in public places”. Because of this, Robinson was not allowed to sit with the other players on the team. In addition, “there also was a statute prohibiting Negroes and whites from playing or engaging in athletic contests of any kind. Because of this statute, “the great mogul predicted the contests or games would not be played and if they were planned the Klan would find a way to stop them”. Based on this, it is clear that Robinson faced a great deal of prejudice and maltreatment throughout his baseball career. Despite this, it was his persistence, passion, and strength that allowed him to gain the popularity and acceptance which he did. His successes helped many black Americans to feel a sense of pride: “Negroes in the dear old south have a greater sense of belonging because of Jackie’s deeds''. In an article included in the Arizona Sun, the possibility of Robinson being included in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown is discussed. Upon being asked about the possible election to the Hall of Fame, Robinson stated, “If I should get in I would want to make it on my merits. If I were picked because I was the first Negro to play in the major leagues, I wouldn’t want it. I feel that I should be judged on merit alone, just the same as any other ball player” .Therefore, although Robinson was seen as a “pioneer” and a “trailblazer” for his race in organized baseball, he did not want to be labeled only as such. He wanted to be recognized for his abilities, and he also wanted to support black American progress separate from his accomplishments on the field. Robinson found a way to do just that. He was able to support the Civil Rights movement while also accomplishing great feats within the world of baseball. His involvement in the Civil Rights movement continued long after his baseball career had ended, and Robinson should be recognized for these achievements as well. In his Hall of Fame Induction speech, Robinson stated, “It’s something that I think those of us who are fortunate, again, must use in order to help others -- because it’s such a tremendous honor that we should be able to go out and do things to help.” Robinson did exactly this and used his status within the system to advance the causes of black Americans. Not only did Jackie Robinson break down color barriers within organized sports, but he broke down such barriers within the world of business as well. One way in which Robinson broke down these barriers within the business and entrepreneurship world was with a clothing store in Harlem. The store was opened in 1952 and sold men’s apparel .This clothing store provided a space “where Black shoppers could avoid the discourtesies they often encountered shopping at white-owned establishments”. By creating such a business, Robinson was able to create an inclusive environment and to inspire other black Americans interested in business to do the same. As the president and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, Della Britton, stated, "His legacy is that of not just advocating for economic empowerment and equal opportunity but actually demonstrating what that could look like". Therefore, Robinson not only started a successful business of his own but inspired other black Americans to do the same. In addition to the success of his clothing store, Robinson also co-founded the Freedom National Bank in Harlem .The Freedom National Bank was the first biracial bank in New York, and it aimed to provide financial support to black communities. The goals of the bank were made clear at its opening by the president of the bank and the former chairman of Carver Federal, William R. Hudgins: “We are here to make sound loans. Freedom National Bank is completely color blind. We invite business from everybody. We are serving all the population of New York City”. Based on the goals of such a bank and Robinson’s involvement in its progression, it is clear that Robinson was committed to fostering equal opportunities for black Americans. Through his clothing store and the foundation of this bank, Robinson was successful in doing exactly that. While a clothing store and a biracial bank were two accomplishments in and of themselves, Robinson did not stop there. In founding the Jackie Robinson Construction Company, Robinson hoped to provide affordable housing for low-income individuals. The company was interracial, and it focused further on training minority contractors on the construction of this affordable housing. Robinson recognized that affordable housing was essential for black Americans to advance economically. Early evidence of this commitment to providing affordable housing is available in his letter to Maxwell Rabb, a secretary to Eisenhower at the time. He emphasizes the importance of relieving housing stress for underserved minorities and asks him for a federal mortgage that would allow him to carry out such a project: “I am sure you must know how important this field is, and I feel that it’s an obligation that should be fulfilled”. Bill Keefe, the sports editor for the Times-Picayune of New Orleans, wrote an editorial stating that Robinson’s behavior was criminalizing and setting a poor example. In response, Robinson wrote a letter to Keefe stating the following: “We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to live as you live, and as our nation’s constitution provides” .To Robinson, this desire to live as white Americans live included access to affordable housing. Stemming from the Jackie Robinson Construction Company, Robinson also founded the Jackie Robinson Apartments in Brooklyn. Still today, this organization provides housing for low-income individuals in San Francisco. While Robinson made great strides combatting the color barriers in the business world, he also had political motives. In 1957, Robinson wrote a letter to Richard Nixon addressing his stance on civil rights. Nixon had received publicity for anti-civil rights actions, particularly with regard to voting. This was paradoxical considering the pro-civil rights appearance he advertised, and Robinson suspected that Nixon might be advertising such a stance in order to gain popularity and support: “We must elect a man who can bring confidence to the whole country. Because of the distrust for Nixon, I don’t feel he has the capacity to understand let alone generate confidence”. Upon reading the correspondences between Nixon and Robinson, author Michael G. Long was intrigued: “The topics ranged from the personal to the political - from shared lunches to Eisenhower’s race politics - but most of them centered on Robinson’s hard-hitting efforts to advance a civil rights agenda within the Republican Party in the 1950s and 1960s”. Therefore, Robinson had far reaching goals, and he used his status to advocate for candidates who would have the best interests of black Americans at heart. Further evidence of Robinson’s passion for politics can be seen in his correspondences with the NAACP and Martin Luther King, Jr.. In February of 1957, Robinson wrote a letter to King requesting that he join their committee in order to help the NAACP reach their one million dollar yearly goal .The money collected would be used to help create a real democracy for black Americans. Robinson believed that King would be able to offer great help to the NAACP, as he was a well-known figure and an excellent public speaker. In a letter to King, Robinson claims that “the NAACP has stood out for me as the tireless champion of the rights and well-being of Negroes in America,” and expresses to King that he has the potential to aid the NAACP in their battle against racism within the United States .This letter to King demonstrates that Robinson was serious in his mission to promote the wellbeing of black Americans, and that he was willing to do whatever possible to advance the initiatives of the NAACP.
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 03:38, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Jackie Robinson
May I Suggest that you guys will add There timelines 2600:1700:A3B0:11D0:1D2E:68A5:3700:3910 (talk) 23:49, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 01:09, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2023
Change "Scott United Methodist Church" to "Scott Methodist Church." Robinson attended this church in 1939. It was not until 1968 that the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren church to form the United Methodist Church. Messymethodist (talk) 21:16, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
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"those he perceived as racist"
This first line suggests, as I suppose it is meant to, that racism is merely a matter of perception, and that he was inclined to see it where it did not exist. And to say he was "impatient" certainly diminishes his resistance and refusal to accept unfair treatment. To say he was "combative" suggests he should have been what -- meek in the face of racial oppression?

Let me ask you this - was Patrick Henry "combative" in the face of British tyranny? Was George Washington "impatient" with his "perception" of the Crown's demands?

This entire article is so unfortunate. It has an undertone that diminishes and nearly dismisses this great man's incredible achievement and perseverance in the face of all that he faced. Clearly whoever wrote it has no idea what it was like to live (as a Black American) through that time. My mother did, and she has told me stories.

I can't even finish reading it because I'd bet it labels him "bitter" in his final years.

In no way is this "objective." This just makes me so sad.

"impatience with authority figures he perceived as racist" "or combativeness in the face of racial antagonism" 2601:643:4303:940:DC24:976C:EF80:FF5F (talk) 14:06, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

He wasn’t the first
that belongs to Moses Fleetwood walker 75.24.123.234 (talk) 20:11, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * As the opening sentence says, he was the first in the modern era. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:25, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

His middle name
His middle name was Roosevelt named after Franklin Roosevelt not Theodore Roosevelt 47.186.167.229 (talk) 21:15, 11 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Incorrect. He was born days after Teddy Roosevelt died, while FDR was assistant secretary of the Navy. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:42, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Cite book - maintenance message
So, I was doing a full page reference edits - just minor edits, nothing too big - and while I was previewing the edits, a maintenance message alert was up on a book cited somewhere in the article. Now, I went through each of the books cited in the article but can't find the cited book in question so I could not fix whatever the issue was. Can someone check that out? Much appreciated. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:47, 13 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Omnis Scientia, you can find instructions here on how to be able to see what the issue is. While you're here though, I noticed in your reference edits you removed agency from an Associated Press piece - can you explain why you did that? Nikkimaria (talk) 22:14, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * By mistake. I'm so sorry, didn't realize it. Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:39, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * And thanks for the link. Will check it out. Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:40, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

The archived talk pages for this FA are kind of a mess...
- Could you maybe take a look at Talk:Jackie Robinson/Archive 1, Talk:Jackie Robinson/Archive 2, and Talk:Jackie Robinson/Archive 3 along with their editing histories? I was going to institute auto-archiving - because, I mean, after all...there are stale/outdated posts/threads on here with no replies from 2018 - but then realized that there  are  talk page archives but they're kind of wacky and out-of order. For instance, Archive 1 was last manually archived in 2021 and it has posts from 2006-2008, then no posts from 2009 or 2010 or 2011 or 2012, then suddenly there are some posts from 2013/2014/ then a big jump to 2013/2014/2015/2016/2017. Then there's Archive 2, with one 2008 thread, oh! and here are the missing threads from 2009/2010 - it was manually archived in 2010. And then there is Archive 3...manually archived in 2013 with the somewhat-missing and - again - slightly-misplaced 2010/2011/2012/2013 threads. I have done at least some linkages between the archive pages but seems to me maybe other clean-up could/should be done but I have no idea on how to proceed... Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 00:13, 14 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Shearonink, I'd suggest the simplest fix is to revert Archive1 to this version, copy everything that revert removes into Archive3, and then set up the auto-archive so no one is too tempted to manually archive going forward. (This assumes no threads are entirely absent from the archives, which I haven't checked.) Nikkimaria (talk) 00:20, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Re: "absent threads"...oh now...I hadn't thought of *that*. oh dear...I'll take a look first I guess, at least do a spot-check... Shearonink (talk) 15:29, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Everything was going along so well with my spot check. But... BUT. Have found what looks like at least one missing post from 2013. Grrrr. Shearonink (talk) 15:46, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, diving down that rabbit hole was interesting. Some one hit wonder account came along in 2013 and deleted this and this from the talk page - as it then existed - so those posts never made it into any archives. That seems to be the only non-archiving I have come across. Did one more and it was fine...put into Archive 1 BY MISTAKE but at least the post exists in the archives. I am going to assume good faith about everything else. Shearonink (talk) 15:54, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Lol as to "simplest".... I'm sure you're right, that's what I'll do. Heh I'm still just kind of shocked that the talk page of an FA never even had auto-archiving. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 15:22, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

- Thanks for the advice. All done now. The errant archiving happened because someone used the OneClickArchive tool and didn't check to see what arcive pages already existed. I have had this errant archiving happen to me once before when I used the tool - it assumes Archive 1 is the proper Archive unless it is somehow "told' (on the main talk) that there are more/pre-existing archives in the numerical sequence. Shearonink (talk) 16:29, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2023
Please change "==Playing career==" to "==Professional career==". 2603:8000:8500:38F2:D07:B3DA:D90:2FE1 (talk) 19:08, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: what about his military career? M.Bitton (talk) 02:33, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: per above. Tollens (talk) 10:01, 19 November 2023 (UTC)