1960's
Jackie Robinson

What he did..Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Parents and siblings...He was the youngest of five children born to Jerry and Mallie Robinson, after siblings Edgar, Frank, Matthew and Willa Mae.
Quotes...I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me...All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.