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IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 308 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2007 Mr. Davis of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Remembering and honoring the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson on the 60th anniversary of integrated Major League Baseball.

Whereas 60 years ago this month, Jack Roosevelt Jackie Robinson, overcoming significant opposition, became the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in 1947; Whereas Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962; Whereas Jackie Robinson was a member of six World Series teams and earned six consecutive All-Star Game nominations; Whereas Jackie Robinson was a key figure in the establishment and growth of the Freedom Bank; Whereas Jackie Robinson served honorably in the United States Army from 1942–1944 as a second lieutenant; Whereas Major League Baseball was not the only institution in which Jackie Robinson sought to challenge racially discriminatory barriers; Whereas Jackie Robinson faced court-martial charges of insubordination resulting from his refusal to obey an order to move to the back of a segregated military bus in Texas; Whereas President Ronald Reagan awarded Jackie Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984; and Whereas Jackie Robinson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal during the 108th Congress: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives remembers and honors the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson on the 60th anniversary of integrated Major League Baseball.