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In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Baseball and was the first African American to play Major League Baseball. A member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson was the first African American to break a record in the Negro league and was one of the best African-American baseball players in history (even though in college, baseball had been his 'worst sport').

Robinson also won an NCAA Championship in the long jump at UCLA in 1940.

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