At a young age Jackie started moving around due to the hard times in Georgia. At 16 months old Jackie’s mom had to pack up him and his siblings and go to California where it was safer for African Americans. When moved to Pasadena Jackie found his place on the playground, playing marbles, soccer, dodgeball, tennis, golf, football, basketball, and baseball. Even at a young age Jackie was already determined to win and Pasadena is just where he found his love for playing sports. Jackie first started getting involved and taking sports to a new level was when he reached high school. He went to highschool at John Muir and then went to Pasadena Junior college. He later on enrolled into the University of California, Los Angeles. After playing football in Honolulu in 1941 Jackie went to play baseball on the Monarchs negro team in Kansas. A year later Jackie and Rachel went to Daytona Beach for spring training. Then for his first professional baseball game he went to Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City to play for the Montreal Royals in 1946. He then went to play with the Dodgers and had his first game on April 15, 1947 changing the way Americans saw things and the face of baseball. After a decade of playing with the Dodger he was traded to the New York Giants in December 13,1956. However, a month later he announced his retirement. After he retired he was on the board of the Civil Rights Movement and travelled across the country trying to fight racism against African Americans. In 1964 he founded the freedom National Bank in Harlem as a protest against the white financial institution. Rachel and Jackie hosted jazz picnics at their home in Samford which raised dollars for the movement. When a heart attack on October 24, 1972 claimed Jackie's life his final place was Connecticut.