So That Explains It...Jackie Robinson's Brother...

Jackie and Mack Robinson Memorial.

was on the 1939 Olympic Track Team with Jesse Owens and won a Silver Medal in Hitler's Berlin. Superior achievement and standing up to racism ran in the family. Jesse would have been teen then--maybe he met Jesse Owens.
Both brothers influenced their community in SoCal. Pasadena put up a statue to them.

Jackie Robinson Day--April 15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson_Day 

Not only an extremely talented athlete, student at UCLA, and Army officer, Jackie Robinson chose to demonstrate unmatchable self-control and focus by entering the white-only world of Major League Baseball; he was Rookie of the Year, later MVP, and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The indescribable pressure to perform despite death threats and racial slurs only slightly echoed the actual racial violence of the USA through the centuries. But now it was in a beloved public forum-Major League Baseball- and the object of racist ridicule was actually demonstrating superiority. Not of race, but athletic skills. He had a supportive wife and family, who were also in the spotlight.

 I especially love the stolen home bases.

Jackie Robinson steals home (Yogi Berra catching.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU

 Jackie Robinson official site.

http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html 

  

Movie Review: 42

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/04/movie-review-42.html 

For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sneaks-boseman-20130113,0,2347774.story