- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Birthplace of Jackie Robinson historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Grady County
Birthplaces--Georgia--Cairo - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Hadley Perry Rd., Cairo
Text of marker: "Birthplace of Jackie Robinson First African American in Major League Baseball. Robinson was born here on January 31, 1919 before he and his family moved to California in 1920. After attending U.C.L.A., serving in the U.S. Army, and playing in the Negro American Baseball and International Leagues, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking major league baseball's color barrier. Adding to his many sports accomplishments, he served as special assistant to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, establish the first African American Modern Bank/Freedom National Bank, and provided housing for the underprivileged through his construction firm. Robinson died in 1972. The house burned in 1996. 2001.22 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and The Jackie Robinson Cairo Memorial Institute, Inc. 65-1" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-jackie-robinson
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-jackie-robinson
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
