where did jackie robinson go to school?
University of California, Los Angeles Pasadena City College John Muir High School
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 Jack Roosevelt " Jackie " Robinson ( January 31 , 1919 – October 24 , 1972 ) was an American Major League Baseball ( MLB ) second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era . Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15 , 1947 . The Dodgers , by playing Robinson , heralded the end of racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s . Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 . 

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 After graduating from PJC in spring 1939 , Robinson transferred to UCLA , where he became the school 's first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports : baseball , basketball , football , and track . 

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 Robinson was born in Macclesfield , Cheshire , in 1963 , to a translator mother and a sales director father . His mother was born in Shanghai , where her German Jewish parents fled during the 1930s . His father was of English background . His parents first met at Geneva University in Switzerland and married three months later . 

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 In 1946 , Robinson arrived at Daytona Beach , Florida , for spring training with the Montreal Royals of the Class AAA International League ( the designation of " AAA " for the highest level of minor league baseball was first used in the 1946 season ) . Clay Hopper , the manager of the Royals , asked Rickey to assign Robinson to any other Dodger affiliate , but Rickey refused . 

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 In 1935 , Robinson graduated from Washington Junior High School and enrolled at John Muir High School ( Muir Tech ) . Recognizing his athletic talents , Robinson 's older brothers Mack ( himself an accomplished athlete and silver medalist at the 1936 Summer Olympics ) and Frank inspired Jackie to pursue his interest in sports . 
