- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jackie Robinson's Birthplace
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Info, Digital Library of Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 2001/2018
- Subject:
- Georgia Historical Society
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Cairo
Historical markers--Georgia--Cairo
Historic sites--Georgia--Cairo
Baseball players--Georgia--Cairo
African American baseball players--Georgia--Cairo
Athletes--Georgia--Cairo
African American athletes--Georgia--Cairo - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This historical marker in Cairo marks the birthplace of Jackie Robinson, the "first African American in Major League Baseball." In 1998 the Georgia Historical Society assumed responsibility for the state's historical marker program and since that time has erected more than 100 markers around Georgia.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/georgia-historical-society/jackie-robinson-marker_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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