Early life:
was born January 31st 1919
home town was Cairo California
he was the youngest of 5
his dad left them
graduated John muir high school
Pasadena junior collage
joined ULCA track
joined military
Baseball:
played with other black ppl
Ricky selected him for the Dodgers
Have the guts not to fight back (he really said that)
was payed $600 a month
joined the big leagues
that's all I have for now, they have a lot of info on Wikipedia.
