What is Jackie Robinson Day?
'''Jackie Robinson Day''' is an annual event in [[Major League Baseball]]. It honors the day [[Jackie Robinson]] made his major league debut, becoming the first [[Black people|black]] major league [[baseball]] player of the modern era.<ref>{{cite book |title=Current Biography, Who's News and Why 1947 |editor-last=Rothe |editor-first=Anna |year=1948 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pEYAAAAIAAJ |publisher=H.W. Wilson Co |location=New York|page=544 |isbn=9997376730}}</ref><ref name=africanamericans>{{cite web |url=http://www.africanamericans.com/JackieRobinson.htm |title=Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame Baseball Player, Civil Rights Leader and Humanitarian |publisher=africanamericans.com |access-date=2008-10-08 |archive-date=2008-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011052318/http://africanamericans.com/JackieRobinson.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> April 15 was [[Opening Day]] in [[1947 in baseball|1947]]. The day was first commemorated on April 15, 2004. Robinson played for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] (today known as the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]) ended 80 years of baseball segregation.<ref name=africanamericans/> He was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1962.<ref name=africanamericans/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-stub}} [[Category:Baseball]]