The Jackie Robinson Story

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The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film starring baseball legend Jackie Robinson as himself. Robinson became the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in 1947. Robinson's achievement has been recognized by the retirement by each Major League team of his uniform number, 42.

The original tagline was "You'll HIT With Him! You'll RUN With Him! You'll SLIDE With Him!"

On April 19, 2005, 20th Century Fox and Legend Films released a colorized version of the film, donating a portion of the proceeds to The Jackie Robinson Foundation, a charity which benefits education for gifted students.

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