Jackie Robinson was the first African-American Major League Baseball player. Robinson is especially known for breaking the ''baseball color barrier '' when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. So, he had a big role in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball; because up to that point African-Americans could only play in the ''Negro League'' that was a sort of racial segregation symbol. His character challenged the usual basis of segregation , so( thanks to his activities and his abilities) Robinson contributed a lot to the development of civil rights movements. Apart from his cultural impact , Robinson had a good baseball career and became a member of the '' Major League Hall of Fame''. He was also known for his activities out of baseball as establishing , in 1960s, the ''Freedom National Bank''( an African-American owned controlled financial buisness). In honour of his achivements , he was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom after his death.
