CITY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA Office of the KAREN E. KAlFAYAN CITY CLERK City Clerk Council and Public Services HOllY WOLCOTT Room 395, City Hall Executive Officer Los Angeles, CA 90012 General Information • (213) 978·1133 Fax: (213) 978·1040
KONRAD CARTER Acting Chief, Council and Public Services ANTONIO R. VllLARAIGOSA Division MAYOR www.citvclerk.lacitv.orq
April 17, 2009
To All Interested Parties:
The City Council adopted the action(s), as attached, under Council file
No. 09-0797, at its meeting held April 15, 2009.
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WHEREAS, growing up in a large, single-parent family, Jackie Robinson lived in Pasadena, CA, where he lettered in four sports at John Muir High School and held the national junior college broad jump record while at Pasadena Junior College; and
WHEREAS, as a student at UCLA, Jackie Robinson became the first athlete in school history to letter in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track; and
WHEREAS, Jackie Robinson was drafted and honorably served as a second lieutenant in the US Army from 1942-1945; and
WHEREAS, Jackie Robinson was recruited by the Brooklyn Dodgers and on April 15, 1947 broke the color barrier by becoming the first African American to play Major League Baseball since 1889; and
WHEREAS, named the 1947 National League Rookie of the Year, Jackie Robinson led the league in stolen bases in 1947 and 1949, won the 1949 batting title with a .342 average, and led the Dodgers to win the 1955 World Series; and
WHEREAS, after baseball, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to serve as Vice President of a major corporation; was the first African American analyst for ABC's Major League Baseball Game of the Week; helped establish the Freedom National Bank, then the largest black owned and operated bank in the state of New York; and founded the Jackie Robinson Construction Company, which built homes for low income families; and
WHEREAS, Jackie Robinson's tireless efforts to eradicate racial injustice both on and off the field earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and five honorary degrees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles commemorates Jackie Robinson for a courageous life that fought for the ideal that America's freedoms are worthy of all Americans;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that by the adoption ofthis resolution, the Los Ange City Council hereby proclaims April 15, 2009 to be Jackie Robinson Day in the City of Los Angeles.
PRESENTED BY: '''''''==~~ __ f------f-7',--\---- ED P. REYES ~ Councilman, 1s Councilman.vl" District ADOPTED ~.("~ \ l I\n APR 1 5 2009 SECONDED BY: BERNARDG.PARKS \jV LOS ANGElES CITY COUNCIL Councilman, 8th District crm