Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Jackie Robinson across 5 places, from 1919 to 1946.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Jackie Robinson is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Jackie Robinson was documented, and when
31 January 1919exact date
Cairo, Georgiaattested“Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo, Georgia.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
31 January 1919exact date
Cairoattested“Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo, Georgia.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1920year
Pasadena, Californiaattested“After Robinson's father left the family in 1920, they moved to Pasadena, California.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1922year
UCLAattested“While a senior at UCLA, Robinson met his future wife, Rachel Isum (born 1922), a UCLA freshman who was familiar with Robinson's athletic career He played football as a senior, but the 1940 Bruins won only one game.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1946year
Californiaattested“In the fall of 1946, following the baseball season, Robinson returned home to California and briefly played professional basketball for the short-lived Los Angeles Red Devils.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
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Other places tied to Jackie Robinson in the record
In each of these, a source puts Jackie Robinson and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Jackie Robinson was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1935year
John Muir High Schoolmentioned“In 1935, Robinson graduated from Washington Junior High School and enrolled at John Muir Technical High School.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1936year
Berlinmentioned“Recognizing his athletic talents, Robinson's older brothers, Frank and Mack (himself an accomplished track and field athlete and silver medalist behind Jesse Owens in the 200 meters at the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics) inspired Jackie to…”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1939year
UCLAmentioned“After graduating from PJC in spring 1939, Robinson enrolled at UCLA, where he became the school's first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
December 1941month
Honolulumentioned“He took a job as an assistant athletic director with the government's National Youth Administration (NYA) After the government ceased NYA operations, Robinson traveled to Honolulu in the fall of 1941 to play football for the semi-profess…”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
December 1941month
Californiamentioned“He took a job as an assistant athletic director with the government's National Youth Administration (NYA) After the government ceased NYA operations, Robinson traveled to Honolulu in the fall of 1941 to play football for the semi-profess…”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1942year
Fort Riley, Kansasmentioned“In 1942, Robinson was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit at Fort Riley, Kansas.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
November 1944month
Camp Breckinridgementioned“After his acquittal, he was transferred to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, where he served as a coach for army athletics until receiving an honorable discharge in November 1944.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1946year
Daytona Beach, Floridamentioned“In 1946, Robinson arrived at Daytona Beach, Florida, for spring training with the Montreal Royals of the Class AAA International League.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
1947 to 1948period
Bostonmentioned“Color is not one of them." In 1947 or 1948, Reese is said to have put his arm around Robinson in response to fans who shouted racial slurs at Robinson before a game in Boston or Cincinnati.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
11 April 1947exact date
Ebbets Fieldmentioned“Robinson made his debut as a Dodger wearing uniform number 42 on April 11, 1947, in a preseason exhibition game against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field with 24,237 in attendance.”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
March 1948month
Bostonmentioned“Following Stanky's trade to the Boston Braves in March 1948, Robinson took over second base, where he logged a .980 fielding percentage that year (second in the National League at the position, fractionally behind Stanky).”source: Wikipedia: Jackie Robinson
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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